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Robbie O'Brien
 Post subject: Bridge patch thickness
PostPosted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:20 am 
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I am curious what thickness folks are using for the bridge patches.
Anyone care to share this information?
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Alain Moisan
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Mines are anywhere between .090" to .110".

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Blanchard
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.100" for me.
Laminated, .050 Brazilian, .050 maple.

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Laurent Brondel
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.090" for sugar maple, between .090" and .075" for Braz.

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Brock Poling
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Blanchard wrote:
.100" for me.
Laminated, .050 Brazilian, .050 maple.

Mark


If you don't mind... which cap are you putting up (ball end side)?

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Hesh
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.090 here BRW or HRW
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Andy Zimmerman
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.100", Padauk.

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Brock Poling wrote:
Blanchard wrote:
.100" for me.
Laminated, .050 Brazilian, .050 maple.

Mark


If you don't mind... which cap are you putting up (ball end side)?



Maple glues to the soundboard, Braz takes the wear from the ball ends.

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Chas Freeborn
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3/32" for me. VG Rock Maple.
I'm going to try out Frank Fords suggestion of running the patch grain parallel with the top as soon as I get over to the lumber yard and find a tight grain vg piece that's 7" wide...
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Alain Desforges
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Usually around 90-100 thou with maple and EIR. I went down to about 60 thou on the last one made out of rock-hard Makore. With the high silica count, I figured it should do fine...

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Michael Dale Payne
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Robbie;
Did you mean for nylon strung guitars ?
If so mine are usually tapered from -1.5mm at the centerline and tapered to .5mm at the ends.
length at laeast as long as my bridge -but sometimes 20mm past the bridge length.
I've made full top width ones but the tone was a bit brittle.
width -15-25mm depending on what top I'm using and the sound I'm after for that guitar
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Robbie O'Brien
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Mike Collins wrote:
Robbie;
Did you mean for nylon strung guitars ?
If so mine are usually tapered from -1.5mm at the centerline and tapered to .5mm at the ends.
length at laeast as long as my bridge -but sometimes 20mm past the bridge length.
I've made full top width ones but the tone was a bit brittle.
width -15-25mm depending on what top I'm using and the sound I'm after for that guitar
Mike



Mike,

I was actually referring to steel string bridge patches but thanks for the info on the classical patches. I do something similar on my classicals.
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