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A pinless bridge provides no clamping force. All forces are resisted by glue shear strength and tensile strength. |
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Pinless bridges only have glue shear and tensile strength to resist string forces unless they changed statics principles that I studied 47 years ago. |
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As I am doing a pinless bridge , the vertical force/stress is spread across the entire bridge plate . Glue shear is virtually eliminated as the top is sandwiched between 2 objects that are trying to meet each other . Point being that I am NOT anchoring the strings to any point of the bridge . They simply pass through it and over it . |
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Are you talking about anchoring your strings at a tailpiece? That's not the standard definition of a "pinless" bridge. |
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Got to this page of posts. Quote:
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May be helpful to post a quick sketch of what it is you're trying to explain... Batson guitars have strings anchored by the tail block, and pass through the back of the bridge and over the saddle. High end Alvarez guitars have a pin block separate from the bridge. Jeff Babicz has the strings anchored around the perimeter of the soundboard, with a through string block behind the bridge providing string angle to the saddle. I remember Ray Kraut once designed a floating "tailpiece" that rested against the bridge or so where the strings were anchored, and went through the back of the bridge and over the saddle.
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No tailpiece . |
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They are so complicated . Don't know if I want to give this up quite yet . Maybe I was wrong to interject this . Maybe this will help to get some thinking caps on . Sorry that I don't have any closeup/s of the bridge at this time . I love simple . Sorry again Louie , my computer skills are rather limited , so I don't know how to generate a drawing . |
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I was think more along the lines of manual drawing hehehe |
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This little 12 fret 0 sure has a big voice . I will use both features going forward as well as using a single plane neck and headstock . I see no reason to use an angled headstock any more . It's a waste of good wood . Yes , string through from inside . And it is very simple . Don't overthink it . I will do a better bridge photo later since I have gone this far . I'm just not going to give up what's going on underneath because I love to see people earn things . That way is so rewarding for everyone in the end . |
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I had the neck and the body completed and handed them off to have a finish done . The man that I gave them to , almost immediately ended up with a series of medical issues that had me waiting roughly 2 years . Some of those issues were his wife's . Anyway , I somehow knew that something was amiss and did not press the issue . The day before I was going to call him about taking it back and doing a simple finish just to complete the build he called and told me that it was ready . His wife's knees are repaired as well as her cataracts and he now has a semi-colon . I am just glad to hear that things worked out for him and his . He is lucky to be alive . |