Post by dyspatter on Sept 14, 2011 17:06:43 GMT -5
I will start by saying I do not take kindly to the title granted me by this forum. I am awesome with solder and have been since I was a wee bit.
On to business.
[glow=red,2,300]I added photos. Links two posts down.[/glow]
I've got this bridge that came on a broken guitar. Long story. Its missing a saddle and the block had chunks of metal missing from it, so I thought I'd see if I could find parts for it.
I have never seen a bridge like this and neither has the local guitar shop.
Anyway, I have spent many hours seaching the internet and I cannot find anything that looks like this one.
The only marking on it is the name of the original owner engraved on there.
Darn...I thought I could post pics on here...
I'm gonna try to describe it.
Here goes:
Its a twin pivot.
The posts are 72mm apart.
The base plate is 90mm wide and 68mm from front to back.
The front portion of the base plate is 43mm and is flat.
The back 25mm is slightly raised (it sits 4mm higher than the front of the base plate).
The hole for the arm is just a 6mm hole drilled into the flat plate.
The saddles is where it gets interesting.
The saddles consist of 2 parts (sections) attached at a hinge pin.
The entire saddle, the front and back pieces together, measures 65mm total length.
The Front section of the saddle is 39mm long and 10mm wide. It is stepped. 2mm high in the front 9mm of length. 9mm high for the middle 10mm of length. 13mm high for the rear 20mm of length.
The very Front 9mm has a U shape cut from it. A hex head resides inside the U and serves as the adjustment for the string length. (Slide the saddle to the correct postion and tighten down the hex head screw.)
The Middle step of the Front section looks like a regular import strat saddle in form. Rounded area where the string rests.
The Rear of the Front section is where the hinge pin is located. This is where the second part of the saddle is connected to the first part. The second part, the back, slides into this and is sandwiched between the two sides of the front portion. A small metal pin holds the two together and allows the Back/second part of the saddle to pivot up and down.
The Back section of saddle is 45mm long and 9mm wide. It has almost 180 degress of movement about this hinge pin. It rests on the base plate, or it can be flipped all the way over so that its top is resting on the top of the front section of saddle. (With the strings off, of course.)
The Back section of saddle has a thumb screw in it. The thumb screw is located at the rear of the saddle and goes through the top of the saddle so that the screw rests on the top of the base plate beneath it. It adjusts the rear section of the saddle up and down.
Between the thumscrew and the hinge pin there is a hole drilled through the saddle. This hole is where the string is loaded.
the string is loaded from the top, into this hole, pushed forward under the hinge pin and then out the middle step of the front section of the saddle (the part that looks like an import strat saddle in form).
Wow. I wish I could just post a picture. I don't know if anyone will bother to read all that, or if it even makes sense.
I know, what a terrible first post.
On to business.
[glow=red,2,300]I added photos. Links two posts down.[/glow]
I've got this bridge that came on a broken guitar. Long story. Its missing a saddle and the block had chunks of metal missing from it, so I thought I'd see if I could find parts for it.
I have never seen a bridge like this and neither has the local guitar shop.
Anyway, I have spent many hours seaching the internet and I cannot find anything that looks like this one.
The only marking on it is the name of the original owner engraved on there.
Darn...I thought I could post pics on here...
I'm gonna try to describe it.
Here goes:
Its a twin pivot.
The posts are 72mm apart.
The base plate is 90mm wide and 68mm from front to back.
The front portion of the base plate is 43mm and is flat.
The back 25mm is slightly raised (it sits 4mm higher than the front of the base plate).
The hole for the arm is just a 6mm hole drilled into the flat plate.
The saddles is where it gets interesting.
The saddles consist of 2 parts (sections) attached at a hinge pin.
The entire saddle, the front and back pieces together, measures 65mm total length.
The Front section of the saddle is 39mm long and 10mm wide. It is stepped. 2mm high in the front 9mm of length. 9mm high for the middle 10mm of length. 13mm high for the rear 20mm of length.
The very Front 9mm has a U shape cut from it. A hex head resides inside the U and serves as the adjustment for the string length. (Slide the saddle to the correct postion and tighten down the hex head screw.)
The Middle step of the Front section looks like a regular import strat saddle in form. Rounded area where the string rests.
The Rear of the Front section is where the hinge pin is located. This is where the second part of the saddle is connected to the first part. The second part, the back, slides into this and is sandwiched between the two sides of the front portion. A small metal pin holds the two together and allows the Back/second part of the saddle to pivot up and down.
The Back section of saddle is 45mm long and 9mm wide. It has almost 180 degress of movement about this hinge pin. It rests on the base plate, or it can be flipped all the way over so that its top is resting on the top of the front section of saddle. (With the strings off, of course.)
The Back section of saddle has a thumb screw in it. The thumb screw is located at the rear of the saddle and goes through the top of the saddle so that the screw rests on the top of the base plate beneath it. It adjusts the rear section of the saddle up and down.
Between the thumscrew and the hinge pin there is a hole drilled through the saddle. This hole is where the string is loaded.
the string is loaded from the top, into this hole, pushed forward under the hinge pin and then out the middle step of the front section of the saddle (the part that looks like an import strat saddle in form).
Wow. I wish I could just post a picture. I don't know if anyone will bother to read all that, or if it even makes sense.
I know, what a terrible first post.