jedzep Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Dang! Looking for an orig bridge to slap on my L0, and waddya' know, there it is on Reverb. https://reverb.com/item/14669325-gibson-l-00-bridge-w-saddle-1930s Problem is the 2 1/8" string spacing. All mine are 2 3/8". Which Gibsons of the era have such narrow spacing? Doh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 They proud of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliasphobias Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 What happened to your original original one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted December 29, 2018 Author Share Posted December 29, 2018 Paper thin at the wings, sloshy pin holes and beginning to lift. Thought it might be a good time to swap it, but I don't want to put anything but a period correct bridge on. When I went to the Umanov site I saw he had just sold the one I needed, so I'll live with what I have. I put a zero fret thingy on this guitar and I'm very happy with the little bit of crispness it added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 The luthier I use does a nice job at duplicating the bridges. Here's one he made for the Banner J45. When I got the guitar, the previous owner opted to shave the bridge down rather than reset the neck. It could had been rebuilt by glueing a piece of BRW on the bottom. I've kept the original in case someone down the road wants to put it back on. He's currently working on this '43 LG1 for me. This bridge has had a rough life. A couple sets of dowel pins added?? An extra saddle slot??? Since it hasn't been shaved down, he's going to try to rebuild it. If that doesn't work out, he'll make a new brw one for it. He's done some very nice work for me and builds custom guitars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted December 29, 2018 Author Share Posted December 29, 2018 Really appreciate that, Dave. I have a couple BRW blanks, and great luthiers surrounding me, so your pics give me a little push forward. Did your guy come down short of the 300 dollar Umanov price? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Really appreciate that, Dave. I have a couple BRW blanks, and great luthiers surrounding me, so your pics give me a little push forward. Did your guy come down short of the 300 dollar Umanov price? About a third of that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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