jbm
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Shout out to Paul Unkert in Toms River NJ for the beautiful job on this reproduction bridge for my 1920 style 1 soprano. Strings just kept popping out of the old bridge slots.
New bridge for old Martin
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coolkayaker1
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Nice reproduction. Excellent workmanship. Thanks for posting it, Joe. Seems like Paul might be the "go to" person for a bridge reproduction.
Is the chewed out bridge an original Martin? Maybe it is, just none of mine are one piece so I don't know so thought I'd ask.
Like this (but Style 1 has black saddle):
Again, maybe there are others from the 1920s that are unlike the ones I have seen, though.
Is the chewed out bridge an original Martin? Maybe it is, just none of mine are one piece so I don't know so thought I'd ask.
Like this (but Style 1 has black saddle):
Again, maybe there are others from the 1920s that are unlike the ones I have seen, though.
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Ukejenny
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Looks Great!
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jbm
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Yes, the chewed up one is original. The maple insert is one of the things that dates this dates this along with a dot at fret 9 instead of 10. That's why I had him use maple for the new one.
coolkayaker1
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jbm
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Here are a couple more shots of it.(with original bridge intact). It's a keeper, and a great player.
