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ChuckH
 Post subject: Hickory bridge
PostPosted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 11:31 pm 
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Building a black walnut guitar for a friend and he wants hickory for his bridge and fretboard. From what I've read it has high damping qualities. Anybody here used it for bridges?


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 Post subject: Re: Hickory bridge
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I take it this wasn't meant to be in classfieds...

I've used pecan, which is in the same genus, and would use it again. At least the piece I had made a decent ping when tapped.

Do you have a particular variety of hickory in mind? Shagbark grows all over around here, but I haven't ever had the opportunity to tap test a piece of the wood and see how it compares with pecan.
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 Post subject: Hickory bridge
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Darn Dennis. Did this go in the Classified section? I'm on my stupid smart fone and I guess it's smarter than me. Meant to go in building forum.
Anyway, it is shagbark hickory. I'm going to try and we'll see how it turns out.


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Thanks Filippo, I'll give him a buzz


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I think it depends alot on the board. I made a hickory fretboard and I roughed out the bridge. It seems like it should work fine. The tap is really metallic and dense. The board I used had less flex in it than maple i've tested. Its about 18 degrees off quarter. I would say its alot lighter than ebony and about the same as IRW bridges. I hope to string mine up in a couple weeks. I'm using it on the OLF build off #2. The build off is over but I'm still working on it and posting pics on the forum.

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Hutch did you get a piece of pecan bridge from me? Know I gave some to dennis , gud luck with the commission.
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