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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:52 pm
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just out of curiosity, anybody ever try it?

i made one from a 1/4" thick solid brass plate i found at a junkyard back in the 80's (and still have it). i owned a crappy old hondo at the time and needed to compete with my buddy's yamaha. it sounded so cool, i've been hooked ever since.
i've made them for my 3 acoustics (ovation 12 string, eterna 6, and epiphone 6) and found that they really brighten the sound.

anybody else use metal bridges?

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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:30 pm
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Are you making a Bridge out of Brass or replacing the Bridge Saddle with a piece of Brass?

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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:41 pm
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cvilleira wrote:
Are you making a Bridge out of Brass or replacing the Bridge Saddle with a piece of Brass?

not the saddle, the bridge itself.
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Now I'm a little confused. The bridge is the big part.

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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:59 pm
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Thats a lot of work I have used Brass bridge pins for people when I have changed plastic saddles to bone for them and I no that has change the sound even more so then just the Bone saddle. But never a bridge.

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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:27 pm
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well... almost 51 and i'm still learning... i always thought the bridge sat in the saddle... now i find out what i thought was the saddle is actually the horse... go figure.
allright, let's start over... anybody use brass saddles?

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FrankieTheKid wrote:
well... almost 51 and i'm still learning... i always thought the bridge sat in the saddle... now i find out what i thought was the saddle is actually the horse... go figure.
allright, let's start over... anybody use brass saddles?


Nope but i would love to try one out!...

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FrankieTheKid wrote:
well... almost 51 and i'm still learning... i always thought the bridge sat in the saddle... now i find out what i thought was the saddle is actually the horse... go figure.
allright, let's start over... anybody use brass saddles?

Theres always more to learn thats for sure. Thats what had me I could only imagine the amount of work it would be to drill Bridge pin holes and a saddle slot in a piece of brass :shock: Like I said you can get brass pins I have used them for others when asked to but most saddles I have done are with Bone or Macarta. I have used both Brass and aluminium for guitar nut.

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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 8:32 pm
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Well I'm curious now, anyone tried a brass nut?

www.allparts.com/store/nuts-saddles-bra ... tegory.asp
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www.allparts.com/store/nuts-saddles-pla ... tegory.asp

I think I'm gonna try this the next time I restring my old accoustic.

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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 8:38 pm
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i started working on a brass nut for my telecaster, but it required a lot more precision work than an acoustic saddle. i was having trouble getting the correct arch on the bottom, and i went through two "prototypes" trying to get the string slots at the right depth.
i set it aside for now... i wasn't sure if a metal nut would be a good idea or not where the strings do slide on it a little when we do those blues-bends... but, hey, if cvilleira says it's ok... who am i to argue?

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Claude Gallichand wrote:
Well I'm curious now, anyone tried a brass nut?

www.allparts.com/store/nuts-saddles-bra ... tegory.asp
and
www.allparts.com/store/nuts-saddles-pla ... tegory.asp

I think I'm gonna try this the next time I restring my old accoustic.

Claude.

Yes and the Yngwie Malmsteen Strat comes with a Brass nut.

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Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:00 pm
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bluestube wrote:
FrankieTheKid wrote:
well... almost 51 and i'm still learning... i always thought the bridge sat in the saddle... now i find out what i thought was the saddle is actually the horse... go figure.
allright, let's start over... anybody use brass saddles?


Nope but i would love to try one out!...


well, i usually pull the old one out and use it as a pattern for thickness, height, and arch... funny, as i'm writing this the telecasters on both sides of my screen have brass saddles :)

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