Classical Bridge

Posted by Denis U on June 18, 2015 at 10:48am

Hi All,

My wife got me a nice cigar box - wooden and painted black with an understated label label. As she's not  a fan of some of my more ethnic ideas, I thought I'd do something that's as black as I can make it. I got a nice piece of ebony for the fretboard and I'll make the neck out of maple with an ebony stain, but I was struggling about the bridge. Up to now, they've just been a bolt held in place somehow, but I wanted it to look a bit sleek and upmarket.

Having pondered it all for a while, I decided to make something that looked the part. I had a black hard tail Strat bridge and would have butchered it if my metalworking skills were better than crap, but in the end, I used the saddles and made a new base out of aluminium angle.The quality of the pic isn't the best, but feedback would be welcome.

Denis

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  • Jaeyne Eldridge July 6, 2015 at 5:36pm
    I'm interested in this topic as I want to install one of these on my first CBG but I have no idea how to install and string. Is there a video lesson on this? Thanks!
  • Coventry Halfpenny guitars June 21, 2015 at 9:03am

    Iv'e made a few like that too there fine although I always have a problem postitioning them to get the intonation spot on.Any sugestion anybody

    • Denis U > Coventry Halfpenny guitars June 22, 2015 at 6:30am

      My idea is to set the saddles to half way and use the measurement  from there to the nut to set the scale length. That will give me about 1/2 inch to play with. That worked for  a full six string CBG that I made the a similar commercial bridge.

  • MadGomer June 21, 2015 at 8:50am
    Nice work Denis, that should do the job. Not as stiff as steel would be, but should be sufficient for three strings!
  • Denis U June 18, 2015 at 5:55pm

    How about that? Dummy here just invented the wheel

    • the anonymous pick > Denis U June 18, 2015 at 6:14pm

      lol,  don't feel  bad  .  they are  fairly  new  , and yours  looks  very  awesome    ,  done with  a  craftsmanship   level   unobtainable to   any  "dummy " . 

      be  dam  proud    of that   hand  made custom   piece !  ;-)

  • Coventry Halfpenny guitars June 18, 2015 at 2:11pm

    cool that works fine and saved yorself a few $ on retail price

    • Denis U > Coventry Halfpenny guitars June 18, 2015 at 5:13pm

      Thanks Bob. Does a 3 string bridge like this exist as a retail item? Have you got a link, please?

      Denis

    • the anonymous pick > Denis U June 18, 2015 at 5:27pm

      gitty  sells chrome and gold ones  . 3-string Chrome Hard-tail Bridge 

       and  i've seen black ones  on  ebay  . 

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