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"... the bridgeplate can be spider like with little fingers that distribute the load as opposed to a monster plate that robs valuable energy from the strings and bridge area."

From the Siminoff book. Sounds interesting. Anyone ever experiment with this?

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Pat

Don't think many people put much stock in Siminoff's book these days...

I don't think Siminoff is an idiot, I wonder what a bridge plate like that looks like?

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I don't know if that would be the design to go with but I do agree with the general premise that much improvement in tone and volume can be gained by better bidgeplate design. It is where the system couples and doing something dynamic rather than just gluing in a flat piece of stock should yield benefits.

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Brian

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the bridge and plate do work together. Funny how sometimes things that look the same won't sound the same and trying to find the reason can be mind boggling . There is so much happening at this juncture , and often what frees up one thing can lock up another. The larger the footprint the of the plate the less force is focused at a given point , Spidering this doesn't always equate to what you may think as the wood will have a grain and the stiffness will not be that same at all points so you won't have homogenous structure .
I have seem plates that have holes in them , I have seen doubled up plates , and yes, even metal plates. Funny how sometimes things work beyond what we may think. Try one as let us know how you think it was.

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