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Topic: Anybody seen a bridge like this before? |
Paul Arntson
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Washington, USA
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Posted 23 Sep 2004 10:50 am |
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On the Framus (!) I couldn't quite figure out what I was looking at there on the bridge. Has anybody seen something like this? Link to the eBay auction.
Edited by Brad Bechtel to reduce size.[This message was edited by Brad Bechtel on 24 September 2004 at 09:37 AM.] |
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basilh
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Posted 23 Sep 2004 5:16 pm
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Yes I have a 3 neck one.
The Bridge is like the Hipshot "trilogy" but not as compact.Can take ANY string up and down within the working range of the string.
(Three possible positions...zero, sharpen, flaten, or zero sharpen, sharpen, or zero flaten, flaten.)
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 23 Sep 2004 6:10 pm
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Last edited by Michael Lee Allen on 28 Feb 2011 6:45 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Paul Arntson
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 23 Sep 2004 7:40 pm
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Thanks for the info, guys. Actually I think it's cool looking in a bizarre kind of way. I wondered if that's what I was seeing and you have sated my curiosity.
Best of luck on the auction, Michael. |
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Bengt Erlandsen
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Brekstad, NORWAY
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Posted 23 Sep 2004 9:49 pm
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Looks exactly like the D8 I have.
The 8 "philips"screws you see in front of the changer can be moved back/forth to control the stop of the lowest note available. There is also a set of 8 screws on the other end of changer(they don't show on the picture) that can be adjusted for highest note. The vertical position of the changer has a stop by means of construction. The height is adjustable from standing height to sitting position.
Wish I had more time to play the D8. Most of the time goes to regular guitar, D10 or S12extE9.
Bengt Erlandsen
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basilh
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United Kingdom
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Jay Fagerlie
From:
Lotus, California, USA
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Posted 26 Sep 2004 11:07 am
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basil,
What's your opinion of the operation of the bridge(s)?
Do they work well?
Accurate?
I think that's a cool looking steel.
Jay
edited to add: BTW, how does it sound?
I guess that would be a relevant question.....Jay[This message was edited by Jay Fagerlie on 26 September 2004 at 12:09 PM.] |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 26 Sep 2004 11:13 am
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Hi Jay, to answer your question, the mechanism is more accurate than most players bar positioning...
About the same as the old pull/release pedal mechanism.
Probably NOT as accurate as the new Hipshot Trilogy.(But close)
Baz |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 28 Sep 2004 4:02 pm
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Well the sound is typical of the mid Fifties to mid sixties Dutch players sound...Rudy Wairata, George de Fretes, etc.
High transient and lower level sustain.. I suppose it's because of the pick-ups distance from the bridge...
baz
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Paul Arntson
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2004 7:17 pm
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Wow Basil,
THanks for the pictures. I'll be studying those for a while.
-paul |
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