Ok I'm building the bridge for my CBG and I am wondering if this will work? I will cut notches in the black pastic piece so the strings can rest on the metal part. Will the base be to wide and is oak ok for the base?
What Ron said plus, looks kind of heavy to me. The top needs to vibrate, for acoustic sound anyway , and a lot of weight on it will make that harder. Looks cool, so that may be important to you. I"d almost bet you would get better sound by using only the oak, up on it's edge like a violin bridge, maybe with a fret of something for the "knife edge"?
Ideally, you want the saddle to be almost knife-edge sharp. If you cut a notch all the way down to the metal, I can almost guarantee you will have at least one sitar-like string buzz. If you do decide to cut string notches, make them no deeper than half the diameter of each string. Which means you really should cut very carefully. Also, be aware that eventually, a plastic saddle will wear down and possibly crack with use, especially if you cut deep V notches.
Corbin > Ron "Oily" SpragueJanuary 27, 2015 at 11:49am
Ok I soldered on a better edge to cut the notches into for the strings.
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Here is what it will look like sitting on the sound board / top of my CBG...
I might need to put a shim under it, but until I install strings I won't know...
How much of a notch do I need in the bridge to keep the strings in place?
What Ron said plus, looks kind of heavy to me. The top needs to vibrate, for acoustic sound anyway , and a lot of weight on it will make that harder. Looks cool, so that may be important to you. I"d almost bet you would get better sound by using only the oak, up on it's edge like a violin bridge, maybe with a fret of something for the "knife edge"?
Ideally, you want the saddle to be almost knife-edge sharp. If you cut a notch all the way down to the metal, I can almost guarantee you will have at least one sitar-like string buzz. If you do decide to cut string notches, make them no deeper than half the diameter of each string. Which means you really should cut very carefully. Also, be aware that eventually, a plastic saddle will wear down and possibly crack with use, especially if you cut deep V notches.
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