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#17
06-03-2022, 10:56 AM
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The 'No money past the fifth fret' quote is often repeated in old time music circles. Old time music: "It's better than it sounds!!"
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#18
06-06-2022, 08:42 PM
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Viento, One of your photos shows a temporary saddle push back to where it was almost next to your bridge pin holes. Be careful of getting too close to them because it will throw off your string breakover angle at the saddle, and if it gets too close, it may be structurally inadequate due to the short wood grain between the pin holes and the saddle slot.
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#19
06-07-2022, 03:58 AM
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Hello Barry, thanks for your advice!
 I guess there will be no problem with the breakover angle as you can see in the photo I made of my pinless bridge yesterday. The angle seems to be around 30 degrees. Some prefer more degrees into the direction of 45 what for me seems to be a tad too much. Since the wood of the bridge is thick enough, the slot is also deep enough so that the saddle cannot break the wood or tilt foreward. Furthermore I will grind off the saddle about 0.6" to lower the strings a bit. Thus the angle will be reduced a hue too> pic at right.  
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Thanks!  Martin D28 (1973) 12-string cutaway ...finished ;-) Hoyer 12-string (1965) Yamaha FG-340 (1970) Yamaha FG-512 (ca. 1980) D.Maurer 8-string baritone (2013-2014) and 4 electric axes Last edited by viento; 06-07-2022 at 04:41 PM.
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