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1920 / 1930 Charles Lindbergh Guitar Bridge

Posted by Keni Lee Burgess on October 6, 2010 at 6:11am
To commemorate his 1927 trans-atlantic flight this bridge became very popular.
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  • Keni Lee Burgess March 27, 2013 at 5:28am

    Nice find. I always liked the Lindbergh bridge too. Enjoy your treasure. Thanks for sharing.

  • Kendall Berry March 24, 2013 at 11:41pm

    I just found a Johnny Marvin tenor ukelele in the attic looks to be 1930 era. It is missing the bridge. The airplane bridge would be perfect to repair this relic.

  • BUGGY (C) March 9, 2013 at 7:20pm

    Ooooh

  • Uncle John July 24, 2011 at 1:57pm
    I've never seen one before. Cool.  Good looking tenor guitar.
  • Keni Lee Burgess July 24, 2011 at 1:49pm

    Thanks for sharing Jim. Ya, that Lindbergh bridge is a real nice touch. Helps to place the instrument into it's historic time period. My friend Jim Mitchell, who is a guitar builder, is recently getting into building ukes too. Here is a picture he posted on facebook of the body bending mold. You may consider contacting him. I am sure he may have some questions for you considering you are a player. Enjoy, Keni Lee

     http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=1859964298752&set=a.1...    

  • Jim Yates July 24, 2011 at 12:50pm
    305732069?profile=originalWell, that link didn`t work.  Let's try this.
  • Jim Yates July 24, 2011 at 12:33pm

    Her's a link to a photo of John and his ukulele.

    http://ukulelesocialclub.ning.com/photo/john-bird-with-johnson-reso...

  • Jim Yates July 24, 2011 at 12:29pm
    Nice old tenor!  My friend John Bird has a Johnny Marvin concert ukulele with an airplane bridge, but the tail of the bridge goes under the strings and the nose points towards the butt end.
  • Keni Lee Burgess October 7, 2010 at 11:01am
    Thank you for your kind words. Ya, over the years I accumulated at lot of guitar trivia. Things like this bridge, that I find interesting, I figure others will enjoy seeing too. Ya, it is definitely fun to share. Enjoy.
  • li'l Stogie Amps & Guitars October 7, 2010 at 9:16am
    Very nice Keni, I can see that a bridge like this would give very good additional support on the face of the guitar plus adding a nice look as well thanks for sharing Keni, I love being surrounded with musicians such as yourself, it's more than just playing it's being and knowing as much as you can and enjoying all the gizmos and gadgets along the way.
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