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Originally Posted by Otterhound
Both and all of them .
Parsing this into separate items is not where I am going on this .
I'll try again .
What is the reason for a bridge to be 3/8" or 11/32" thick/deep behind where the saddle/s are located ?
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Ah, I got ya now. I think John answered your question but I start the tapering off right at the bridge pin holes and feather down to about 1/8th inch.
I remember reading about a bridge design in Symogi's book, I forgot the luthier now, but he designed he bridge to be more or less an I-Beam laying on it's side such that the I-beam flanges were the front and rear of the bridge and the web was in the middle. This was done mostly on the wings of course but the idea was to loose weight while retaining strength.