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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on June 20, 2016 at 3:42pm

Hi again, I must have too much time on my hands, well waiting for glue to dry really.

I just thought of a way I have gotten around problems like this in the past. Remove the beautiful fingerboard [saw it in another post] and shim under it. Use either a flat shim or a tapered wedge shaped one if thickness is a concern to get the projection to the saddle you need.

You certainly got a lot of options now.

Cheers Taff

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Permalink Reply by Michael Zack on June 20, 2016 at 5:14pm

Thanks. I've heard lots of clever solutions in this thread.

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Permalink Reply by JL on June 21, 2016 at 4:17am

Banjo's and Mandolins have a screw in the tail piece to pull it down closer to the face to tighten the break angle or jack it up to lessen the break angle.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Zack on June 21, 2016 at 6:46am

Hadn't thought of that. I'm going to consider that.

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on June 21, 2016 at 9:32am

Keep in mind that the neck angle of these instruments projects to a high bridge that is a lot closer to the tail. This allows for more domward pressure adjustment.
Cheers Taff

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Permalink Reply by JL on June 22, 2016 at 1:28am

with a little creativity, your string tree could have an arm on it that varies how much it holds down the strings, and wala! Tremelo!!!

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