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Originally Posted by Jim.S
If you have nothing to lose Sam you could try removing weight from the bridge (not sure what it is made of) by making a new bridge in a lighter wood. Not sure it will cure your "boomy flabby" but it will raise the main top, you may be able to bring it back to 170 or even 180 and it should drag the main air up a bit as well.
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Jim....YOU ARE THE MAN! That helped a ton. I'm serious. It will take awhile for me to be convinced but I sat and played it for a good run and thought it sounded great. It's still a bit flabby if I strum hard but medium picking and strumming is very responsive. I really really appreciate the suggestion. Thanks a zillion.
I think I took off almost half the mass on the bridge. Here's a pic (showing my hand shaped cave man bridge pins of walrus jawbone). The break in pin diameter is about where the old bridge thickness was.
Sanded down bridge by
samvanlan, on Flickr