Horace Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 Congrats and welcome. I've always admired that model and style. Enjoy it.
jaywolfe Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 Thanks, and Congratulations. If you find time & inspiration, I always wanted to try a Rosewood bridge on that beauty. I find Ebony to be a bit bright for my own taste. Jay
gspirro1 Posted December 23, 2015 Author Posted December 23, 2015 Thanks, and Congratulations. If you find time & inspiration, I always wanted to try a Rosewood bridge on that beauty. I find Ebony to be a bit bright for my own taste. Jay Thank you. If there's one thing that I'm curious about on this guitar, it's the bridge. It's set rather close to the maximum height (~1 1/8"). I have the neck relief adjusted where I like it and the action is about as low as care to go. It just looks a little weird. It also looks as if the top's arch has a slight dip forward of the bridge. I wonder if that was by design to originally accommodate the twin humbuckers, because I doubt that having those beefy x braces (forward of the bridge, as well) that the top has sunk a bit. BTW, I'll be in Boca Raton mid Jan. I'll be sure to stop by Wolfe guitars...I may even bring my checkbook!! [emoji1]
tulk1 Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 Thanks, and Congratulations. If you find time & inspiration, I always wanted to try a Rosewood bridge on that beauty. I find Ebony to be a bit bright for my own taste. Jay Jay, could you put a piezo equip'd bridge on that?
gspirro1 Posted December 23, 2015 Author Posted December 23, 2015 Jay, could you put a piezo equip'd bridge on that? Hmmm...there's a thought! The pickup is already connected the endpin output jack via an rca connection. 'Nuffa that, I'm just gonna play it as is, for a while anyway!
Kuz Posted December 26, 2015 Posted December 26, 2015 Thank you. If there's one thing that I'm curious about on this guitar, it's the bridge. It's set rather close to the maximum height (~1 1/8"). I have the neck relief adjusted where I like it and the action is about as low as care to go. It just looks a little weird. It also looks as if the top's arch has a slight dip forward of the bridge. I wonder if that was by design to originally accommodate the twin humbuckers, because I doubt that having those beefy x braces (forward of the bridge, as well) that the top has sunk a bit. BTW, I'll be in Boca Raton mid Jan. I'll be sure to stop by Wolfe guitars...I may even bring my checkbook!! [emoji1] You might want to take it back to Jay or have a lutherier check it out. It might be too dry if the top is sinking or lowering. A taller or shorter bridge is easy enough to get. Maybe posting some pics of the guitar from the side and of the top would help with the diagnosis if it has a structural issue.
gspirro1 Posted December 27, 2015 Author Posted December 27, 2015 You might want to take it back to Jay or have a lutherier check it out. It might be too dry if the top is sinking or lowering. A taller or shorter bridge is easy enough to get. Maybe posting some pics of the guitar from the side and of the top would help with the diagnosis if it has a structural issue. Hi Kuz, and thanks for your input and comments. I took a few shots of the top and bridge, but other than the height of the bridge, I'm not sure if they're useful. I think a little wide-angle/macro lens optical illusion may be at play.There IS a bit of a dip in the top, but as I stated, it's forward of the bridge feet and at the x-brace junction and, from what I can tell, the thicker section of the top's carve. Anyway, I'm not overly concerned. Though I may opt to replace the bridge top with a taller one, or simply add 1/16" of ebony to the bottom of it. As it is, I'm okay with it. I AM diggin' this guitar, though! [emoji41] Sent from my LG-V400 using Tapatalk
Ned Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 You are quite right to be unconcerned. On both my Sweet 16 and my uncut acoustic 575 (see thumbnail) there is a low spot in the top where the bridge sits. Not to worry. I see it on both essentially at the mid point of the f holes. The notch in the centers line up pretty well with the flat spot. If you surf around you can find people extolling the virtues of 14 gauge strings. The spruce tops hold up better than the fingertips in these stories. Enjoy that beauty.
Kuz Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 Yes, that looks perfectly normal. But I personally, would pay $40 or less, and get a taller bridge. I have done this on 3 Heritage archtops I have owned/own and it will look better and be more stable (less stress on the bridge post). You can always sand down (from the bottom obviously) bridges that are too tall, but too short and your out of luck. I wouldn't "add" anything to the bottom of the bridge if it were me.
gspirro1 Posted December 27, 2015 Author Posted December 27, 2015 Thanks Ned and Kuz. Like I said, I'm not overly concerned. But I do agree with the assessment that the bridge will look better and have less stress on the posts if it was taller. I have some 1/16" thick ebony that I've cut and added to a bridge on another guitar successfully. If I get ambitious, I may do that here as well. OR, I may just spring for another bridge and use the top section. I hate fitting the bases to the archtops. Sent from my LG-V400 using Tapatalk
Ned Posted December 28, 2015 Posted December 28, 2015 Kuz knows. A well fit bridge is a beautiful thing. I am happy to have break angle.
ElNumero Posted December 28, 2015 Posted December 28, 2015 Beautiful stunning guitar. But doesn't a 575 have the Florentine cutaway? I am a little confused, but it sure is a winner!
Kuz Posted December 28, 2015 Posted December 28, 2015 Beautiful stunning guitar. But doesn't a 575 have the Florentine cutaway? I am a little confused, but it sure is a winner! "it's a used 2005 custom H575" "Custom" noun or "Customize" verb .... "to modify or build according to individual or personal specification"
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