Archtop Bridge OCD?

[Bobby Marshall]

Pretty much everything on a Parker guitar is over-engineered, but I'd love to own one.

. I said to him “I will take two in green.” He laughed.

[RJVB]

My 16” L5 bridge (and many others I have seen) have this same thing where the bass foot extends further from center than the treble foot, and the bass foot is also “taller” than the treble foot resulting in a slanted base in relation to the top.

That probably makes sense from a physical and a playing point of view. The wider foot could well help to improve the transfer of low frequencies via a part of the plate that has a larger movement amplitude. And the additional height helps to put the low-string action in the ballpark without having to use the height adjustment or make the movable saddle higher..

[garybaldy]

Has anyone experimented with a 2 footed guitar bridge with very tiny feet?

[JCat]

Has anyone experimented with a 2 footed guitar bridge with very tiny feet?

No, because then the contact area would be very small and as a consequence the pressure on the top would become extreme, distributed on two tiny spots. Note that a guitar bridge carries more load than a violin bridge. There will be compression and, depending on the hardness of the top and finish, such bridge foot would leave imprints. A thin top could possibly bulge and crack. This is why we don't see a bridge foot like that (violin style) on a guitar.

[Hammertone]

Has anyone experimented with a 2 footed guitar bridge with very tiny feet?

Dan Koentopp uses a small-footed design on his Amati model.
Koentopp Guitars - Hand Made Guitars by Luthier Dan Koentopp

[tnipe]

Unrelated, but I have a wooden bridge on my Heritage H575C, and I'm interested in trying a metal bridge. Can I just order an ABR-1 style bridge and use the existing wood base?
Gibson Bridge/Steg ABR-1 Nickel – Norway

Or should I look at something else?