Bottomed Bridge

[PTChristopher2]

>>> couldn't you just take the saddle part (top half) and sand the bottom of it

Why yes indeed, I think you possibly could.

>>> take around 1/8"-3/16" (3-5mm) off

3mm is a really huge amount. That would be best put as the upper end of an arguable range.

>>> a belt sander

Or maybe dynamite.

Seriously, don't fire up the racing belt sander. This is a careful procedure best done with accuracy. If you mean a fine grit on a bench-top sander with the bridge held very accurately, then I suppose.

All in my opinion.

Chris

[Patrick2]

>>> couldn't you just take the saddle part (top half) and sand the bottom of it

Why yes indeed, I think you possibly could.

>>> take around 1/8"-3/16" (3-5mm) off

3mm is a really huge amount. That would be best put as the upper end of an arguable range.

>>> a belt sander

Or maybe dynamite.

Seriously, don't fire up the racing belt sander. This is a careful procedure best done with accuracy. If you mean a fine grit on a bench-top sander with the bridge held very accurately, then I suppose.

All in my opinion.

Chris

[PTChristopher2]

Har-har.

And of course the #1 sentence that assures you someone knows squatini about guitar work: "Plane the neck."

[Jabberwocky]

Har-har.

And of course the #1 sentence that assures you someone knows squatini about guitar work: "Plane the neck."

The rane in Spane falls manely in the plane.

[Spook410]

No plane.. no gain.

[PTChristopher2]

I suppose we are piling on with what I obnoxiously began as poking fun at the suggestion from DRS.

DRS - all meant in fun. I suppose we had already rather discussed the possibility of some sanding down the existing bridge/base before you posted.

At the first luthier job I had there was actually a belt-sander under one of the work benches. On manager-not-there Saturdays, I would attach a long extension chord and see how far I could get it to go down a back hall. It got ugly a few times.

Chris

[edh]

@PTChris, did you get to climb any walls. Fun to watch.

[PTChristopher2]

I was a un-advanced belt sander racer. Also, I was counting on the back hallway being such a mess that my time trials would not make it all that much worse. So no wall climbs with the sander.

I, on the other hand, have found myself 'climbing the walls' a few times in the ensuing decades.

Chris

[Jabberwocky]

..., I would attach a long extension chord and see how far I could get it to go down a back hall. It got ugly a few times.

Chris

Hmm, a #11 or a b5? Methinks this belongs in the Theory Section. Them chord extensions could sound ugly at times admittedly. Context is everything.

PS Not pickin' on ya to whom I defer on all things mono-ligninic. Just friendly banter.

[pingu]

Looks like it will still go down a bit more as is..........


If you do go to sand down the bottom of the saddle .......
while you're there ...........

I like to sand a bit of wood off the top of the saddle where your right hand palm
rests on the saddle , makes it really comfy .... mmm

[PTChristopher2]

Like Pingu, I make a few minor changes while goofing with a guitar.

The bass edge of the bridge gets any sharp edges knocked off (with a pneumatic chisel, or a large angle grinder - or maybe a log-splitter,...).

And for me, I really like to have the treble edge of the nut (just outside of the high E) slightly rounded. Otherwise, I really notice it near the base of my index finger when doing low position chord-melody.

Chris