Pablorock Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 Hello all. New to the forum and my first post. I was thinking about making a wooden adjustable bridge for a new project (both height and intonation). I am not real experienced in making guitars, but my wood working skills are fairly decent. I saw a picture on-line of one from a custom builder (can't remember who it was), but I thought it looked real nice. I have built 2 guitars in the past and started a third that I have not yet finished (will post pics of those at a later date). My brother is moving out of state and gave me all his lumber. One is a nice big chunk of walnut that I thought would make a nice guitar. I have a few ideas in my head, and started drawing something up, but I was wondering if anyone else had tried this and if it worked ok or was a lesson in futility. Thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks. Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 I've never seen one that could be adjusted both for height and intonation. Although I guess floating bridges like used on mandolins technically adjust both ways....just not in the manner normally associated with guitars. I suppose it would depend on your design and the materials used for the adjustable parts as to how durable it would be. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtisa Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 I've seen custom ebony and rosewood baseplates made up, but they've always had metal saddles and adjustment screws installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablorock Posted February 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Here is a pic of one for a bass. It appears to be fully adjustable, but can't tell how intonation is set without loosening the strings (which I think would be kind of difficult). It appears to use some sort of metal for height, but I would go with wood. I have some walnut and dogwood laying around which may be hard enough to handle the string tension. But I would think I would need some sort of metal in there to be able to tap it for a screw. I saw another out there for a guitar, but for life of me can't seem to find it again. If I do get this project started, I will post pics with some progression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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