Bridge Doctor

[killdeer43]

Don't know that I've ever seen any pics of what your guitar looks like when you install the Bridge Doctor to remedy a bellying problem.

The doctor does a super job and it's all inside and out of sight, except for that nice little MOP inlay on the bridge between the D and G bridge pins.

I am a satisfied customer.

Joe

 

[12stringer]

I've used them before in two different 12 strings....they do reduce bellying and deepen tone...I also was very satisfied with them.

 

[Ian]

Fitted as standard to my Breedlove !!

 

[killdeer43]

Fitted as standard to my Breedlove !!

That's what I've heard about Breedloves. Is it installed with just the one inlay or more?
I installed this one and the directions are right on the money, especially if you take it slow! :wink:

Joe

 

[Taylor Martin Guild]

There are 2 models of the BD.
One uses a replacement pin from the bridge and doesn't require drilling a hole in the bridge.
It's a little more money but nice to use on a vintage guitar that you don't want to modify.

 

[killdeer43]

There are 2 models of the BD.
One uses a replacement pin from the bridge and doesn't require drilling a hole in the bridge.
It's a little more money but nice to use on a vintage guitar that you don't want to modify.

What does the replacement pin look like?

Joe

 

[Ian]

Breedlove actually has a pinless bridge, use a centrally mounted flush pin to locate the BD. Seems like a sensible way of repairing a lifting bridge, and in engineering terms transfers the forces to the rear of the instrument much like the tailpieces in an archtop guitar ?

 

[Pike]

What does the replacement pin look like?

Here's the pin system part three...

http://www.jldguitar.net/install/pininstall3.html

 

[wileypickett]

Hear, hear!

I've never had occasion to use them on my six-strings, as I don't have a problem with bellying on my them, but for 12-strings, they're virtually essential.

I've got Bridge Doctors (the screw-in version, which I prefer -- see below) on all my good 12-strings, which is to say, on all my Taylors (four) and Guilds (eight, with a ninth and 10th on their way!).

I swear by 'em. They not only flatten tops (and that they do VERY well), they can improve intonation, depending on how much tilt there was to the bridge, and the improvement in sound is, in some cases, dramatic. Most of my Taylors sound better and all my Guilds do.

The screw-in version also has another benefit for Guild owners. Guild 12-strings are notorious for bridge lifting, as we know. The screw-in Bridge Doctor serves to secure the bridge to the top of the guitar at the point where there's the most pull, which takes care of minor bridge lifting without a trip to the guitar vet, and they'll prevent future bridge lifting if your guitar hasn't yet developed such symptoms.

For what they do, they're cheap ($30.00, plus or minus, for the screw-in version), and they're easy to install (and they get easier every time).

As far as I'm concerned, the Nobel Prize in Engineering should have gone to Don Kendall, the inventor!

Glenn//.