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Comment by Jim Morris on May 9, 2016 at 10:39am

Thanks BUG!

Thanks wes!

Comment by the anonymous pick on May 9, 2016 at 9:58am

you  seriously  need  to  make an album  ;-)

Comment by BUGGY (C) on May 9, 2016 at 9:16am

Nice work Jim

Comment by Jim Morris on May 9, 2016 at 8:13am

Thanks RTZ. I rarely do fixed bridges since my first instruments were banjos and that's just the way I kept doing it. Oh man, I bought a pre made mando bridge just to use as a template for string spacing but even then if the blade slips you get stuff uneven. The nut is just as tricky. It's a lot easier now since I started using a strip of corian glued on for the top of the bridge. I think because there's no grain to throw the blade off the slots go where you want them (more or less)

Comment by RTZGUITARS on May 9, 2016 at 7:07am

very nice Jim ,  one of the reasons I like floating bridges on my stuff especially short scale. I haven't yet but the hassle for me would be cutting a mando nut. String spacing AWWWWWW..

Comment by Jim Morris on May 9, 2016 at 1:43am

Thanks Unc. You're right - the shorter the scale the more difficult it is to get proper intonation. But like the joke goes - a mandolin player spends half his time tuning and the other half playing out of tune.

Comment by Uncle John on May 9, 2016 at 1:39am

Great job, Jim.   Making those short scale instruments and having them play and sound so right is difficult.    8 strings makes it harder.   Sounding good! 

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