Well,
 I got the bridge and it turns out that my old eyes and the crude measuring device I had used missed the post spacing dimension by a country millimeter.

 So, it didn't fit on the "foot" that came with the guitar and that I was planning to re use.

 I grabbed a cheap file and carved the rosewood block into a crude facsimile of a bridge saddle. After I oiled it up and burnished it a bit it started looking pretty good and it sounds real good.

 I put a set of Rickenbacker 10-42 half rounds on it and it's a zinger.

 I didn't realize how dead the old strings that came on it were and now I realize that the carved maple top is just bubbling with life.

 I played it acoustic through the evening just for the pleasure of hearing the strings squeak a bit and I worked the fret board over good.

 I fell in love... again. :-)


 best regards,
mike

FWIW, here's what I did:

After:




Before:







I just worked by eye with a triangle file so it has that imprecise "hand fashioned" look, but it seems to work real well.


I decided on a string set and used another guitar's setup with the same strings as reference for the relative placement of each saddle.


I didn't get the intonation as good as it can be... so I'll try again in a week or two. :-)


best regards,
mike

Wow.

How interesting.

SteveStrummerUK


Wow.

How internesting.

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