Is it possible to make a bridge for an acoustic guitar outta something like not wood. Like bone or something. Id suspect itd have some tonal effects. Any thoughts? Im just wondering.
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Yeah, it's possible. My guitar teacher has an old Kay archtop acoustic. (Butt ugly thing with all of the finish off it, but it sounds GREAT!) Those things have a bridge that sits on the top, like a violin bridge. He made one out of solid brass. Like I said, it has a killer tone!
I haven't seen an acoustic with the common flat bridge plate with the strings anchored in it having the bridge made of anything besides wood.
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An accoustic with the flatplate type bridge where the strings are ancored with pins where the strings go down through a hole. The ones I have seen have a very hard plastic material that the strings rest on. You can remove the plastic and insert a 1/8 to 1/4 inch brass dowel to replace the plastic, gives a very brite sound. alumumn gives a very dull dead sound.Nickle coated steel gives a somewhat britesound but not as good as the original plastic like material, copper is no good. a very hard wood such as walnut or maple gives a soft sound.
