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Posted: Thu May 25th, 2006 03:21 pm |
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| Hi Guys, I just got a custom bridge from Bart Veerman with three leg's instead of two,and a raised (1/8th") bump for the 3rd. string, I was having a bit of trouble hitting the 3rd even after raising the string's and didn't want to lose the close action by raising the strings any higher so I thought I would try the bridge. For me it works great! Yeah I could have scooped the neck but for $30.00 for the bridge I thought what the hey! It also brightened the sound some what and increased the volumn a bit, I make a cleaner strike on the string which is the effect I was after but Iwas dissapointed that I STILL cant play like Richard or Michael (BIG SMILE) Anyhow, Bart is a pleasure to do buisness with and soon as he get's back on line (he's gone for a couple weeks) I will order a bridge for my clawhammer banjo with a raised 5th string. Take care guys and have a happy Memorial Day weekend and please remember all of our military men and women past and present. Loy
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banjo brad
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Posted: Thu May 25th, 2006 06:35 pm |
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Raising the 5th string on a clawhammer banjo? My immediate reaction is that I would start running into trouble hitting the 4th string cleanly with either a dropthumb or finger. Let me know how it works out. My Goodtime has a straight bridge, but the 5th string dips to the 5th fret where it is spiked, putting it on a slant that drops it some. It is really only bothersome to me when I play over the neck, which I am going to scoop soon, anyway.
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loy
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Posted: Thu May 25th, 2006 08:32 pm |
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| Good point, I have trouble getting my thumb under the 5th. to play loud/clean enough. Had not thought about drop thumbing being a problem with the new bridge. Will let you know. Thanks-Loy
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Posted: Fri Jun 2nd, 2006 08:12 am |
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hi,
can you post a picture of that bridge
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loy
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Posted: Mon Jun 5th, 2006 11:41 am |
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| Hi Romain, google "Banjo Bridges by Bart" he has pic's of all his bridges there, mine is the 6th. one down from the top( the one with the bump) Sorry but I am not set up right now for sending pics. Loy
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Posted: Thu Aug 3rd, 2006 01:03 pm |
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Unless I'm totally missing something, would it not be easier to raise the 5th string at the post?
That way the action of the fretted strings is constant. There are no speed bumps on the bridge and less to explain to people who might say, "you has a goiter on your bridge."
When I was building my longneck cludge, I noticed the 5th string post was damaged. It's just a little thing. The neck started out as an as-in factory second. So I lived with it until a new post arrived from StewMac or Janet Davis (don't remember).
The posts themselves are small rods less than a half inch with a very slight groove. You pull or drill out the old one and push the new one in. You can premeasued and cut to size from the bottom. Or just installed it and filed to the height you want, putting a little (and I mean little) groove in after. Remember, the groove will lower the action a bit.
I think the original on mine was damaged by someone cutting the groove too deep. So be careful.
I believe 5th strings are supposed to be a little higher to project the drone. A never followed that line of logic because it interferes with frailing and double-thumbing. If I did just bluegrass, maybe.
I play a lot without picks so I can jump back and forth between styles. What I give up in volume I make up in flexibility. (Drives guitar players a little batty though.)
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Posted: Thu Aug 3rd, 2006 08:45 pm |
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Philj wrote:
"I believe 5th strings are supposed to be a little higher to project the drone. A never
followed that line of logic because it interferes with frailing and double-thumbing."
I haven't observed that on any of the open-backs I've tried. I guess you could raise the 5th string pip just like raising the nut of the other strings, if the pip is positioned as the fret. On my Goodtime, the 5th string is spiked just North of the 5th fret using the fret itself as the bridge or pip for the string. This means that the string angles from the bridge slightly towards the fretboard until it contacts the 5th fret, then travels under the spike to the tuner.
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