Bridge saddles for 12-strings

[DonP]

Someone mentioned the pain of 12-string saddles, and the fact that they won't intonate. I've been thinking about that and I'm having some of these made for me. I reckon they might just be a useful replacement in a tunematic bridge.



We'll see how they go

 

[Hackmaster]

Outstanding idea.
I had a Ric 12 string that was a nightmare to try to compromise on the intonation, never getting quite right to my ears.

Danelectro has a neato bridge on the electric 12's.

 

[DonP]

Outstanding idea.
I had a Ric 12 string that was a nightmare to try to compromise on the intonation, never getting quite right to my ears.

Danelectro has a neato bridge on the electric 12's.

That is neat. How is it for string spacing?

 

[Hackmaster]

That is neat. How is it for string spacing?

Wasn't too bad on the one I had, but still a bit on the wide side

 

[Inspector #20]

Someone mentioned the pain of 12-string saddles, and the fact that they won't intonate. I've been thinking about that and I'm having some of these made for me. I reckon they might just be a useful replacement in a tunematic bridge.

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We'll see how they go

LOVE!

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Awesome looking design.

 

[Inspector #20]

Someone mentioned the pain of 12-string saddles, and the fact that they won't intonate. I've been thinking about that and I'm having some of these made for me. I reckon they might just be a useful replacement in a tunematic bridge.

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We'll see how they go

Different string height for the thinner octave strings? ? ?

 

[DonP]

Different string height for the thinner octave strings? ? ?

Yep, that and other refinements will come if I find that the basic idea works. It may prove to be a dud, but there's only one way I'm going to find out. The lightning bar on my PRS intonates perfectly, so that encourages me to think that provided I get the spacings right, this may be viable.

 

[Inspector #20]

Yep, that and other refinements will come if I find that the basic idea works. It may prove to be a dud, but there's only one way I'm going to find out. The lightning bar on my PRS intonates perfectly, so that encourages me to think that provided I get the spacings right, this may be viable.

Impressive!

 

[gasket]

You still only have 6 adjustments not 12?
The Danelectro posted looks to have 6 with another 6 sub adjusters?

 

[DonP]

You still only have 6 adjustments not 12?
The Danelectro posted looks to have 6 with another 6 sub adjusters?

Yep. My theory is that the length ratio can be made near enough right this way, so one adjustment will do bass and octave. We'll see

 

[gasket]

Yep. My theory is that the length ratio can be made near enough right this way, so one adjustment will do bass and octave. We'll see

So other than cut for different string size what's the difference to ready available saddles such as on my wife's Rickenbacker or my PitBull?

 

[DonP]

Isn't that clear? Thin and thick strings need to be a different length to intonate

 

[gasket]

Isn't that clear? Thin and thick strings need to be a different length to intonate

I now see the point, one string closer to the nut than the other.
What I was incorrectly seeing (in my late evening red wine enhanced viewing of drawing) was a "V" between the two strings (shaded red).

 

[DonP]

Ah, I see what you mean. Because I knew how it worked I didn't see that alternative view. Rendering 3d in 2d is a bit of a minefield

 

[Inspector #20]

Isn't that clear? Thin and thick strings need to be a different length to intonate

Correct and their height can be adjusted with Don's method...

 

[Inspector #20]

I now see the point, one string closer to the nut than the other.
What I was incorrectly seeing (in my late evening red wine enhanced viewing of drawing) was a "V" between the two strings (shaded red).

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You going to offer these for sale at some point???

 

[Inspector #20]

I now see the point, one string closer to the nut than the other.
What I was incorrectly seeing (in my late evening red wine enhanced viewing of drawing) was a "V" between the two strings (shaded red).

View attachment 12514

I see the setback in the drawing....

 

[Inspector #20]

Someone mentioned the pain of 12-string saddles, and the fact that they won't intonate. I've been thinking about that and I'm having some of these made for me. I reckon they might just be a useful replacement in a tunematic bridge.

View attachment 12451

We'll see how they go

I'm interested...