Makes me think of some of these recent shows about "off the grid" folks w-a-a-a-y out in the boonies, like several hours' ATV ride into the Yukon.Yeah, but ya' gotta' admire the repairman's thinking; that fix is permanent! That bridge is never coming loose again!
Did I miss something while I was away?Makes me think of some of these recent shows about "off the grid" folks w-a-a-a-y out in the boonies, like several hours' ATV ride into the Yukon.
Gotta make do with what ya got...
Take Killdeer for instance. If we weren't here to ground him he'd prob'ly be right there!
For that "acoustic metal" sound.Nuts and bolts on the soundboard - you don't see that every day! Wow...
walrus
No, bridge grain is supposed to be along the long axis, perpendicular to the soundboard grain. If it was parallel to the soundboard's, it would split right along with it, and would be too flexible, since it would arch with the top, rather than transmitting maximum vibration direct to the X-braces. (Think of a hammer handle with the grain perpendicular to the handle length. It would snap the first time you hit something.)Oh I'm sure that adding a bunch of heavy hardware to dampen the sound did wonders for the tone. What kills me is the good ol' "We're Guild and we don't really care which way the grain faces on our bridges," mentality. I've got a cracked one here as well, the grain is oriented perfectly to crack at the saddle. I mean, it couldn't be any more perfect to crack. If I wanted to ensure that the bridge would crack, this was the way to do it. If the bridge blank had just been rotated 180 degrees in the machine, it would have ben perfect. Oh well...
What Chris said. Have you seen bridges on other manufacturers guitars with grain in parallel to the neck??? I wonder why you think Guild did something random or unusual?What kills me is the good ol' "We're Guild and we don't really care which way the grain faces on our bridges," mentality.