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Topic: Rondo owners: tune-o-matic bridge? |
James Mayer
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back in Portland Oregon, USA (via Arkansas and London, UK)
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Posted 10 Dec 2009 4:20 pm |
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I'm trying to figure out if THESE will work with the Rondo bridge.
Any help would be appreciated. |
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G Strout
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Carabelle, Florida
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James Mayer
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back in Portland Oregon, USA (via Arkansas and London, UK)
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Posted 10 Dec 2009 4:40 pm
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| Well, I'm not looking to replace the bridge, unless there's a 12-string version. I'm entertaining the idea of modding a Rondo to 12-strings. I would need to either find a 12-string saddle that slides in, or replace the original 6 individual tune-o-matic saddles with blanks and file two notches in each. |
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Roman Sonnleitner
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Vienna, Austria
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James Mayer
From:
back in Portland Oregon, USA (via Arkansas and London, UK)
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Posted 10 Dec 2009 6:13 pm
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Well, I'm looking at converting a Rondo which doesn't have room for six more tuners on the headstock. I am thinking of putting a second set of tuners behind he bridge and anchoring them with string-through ferrules at the headstock, just in front of the nut. So, the nut is also a saddle and the saddle is also a nut. If that makes sense, it should explain why I can't use a tailpiece and why I only need a saddle.
EDIT: Roman, I just assumed that bridge that you posted wouldn't fit on the posts that are already installed on the Rondo steels to hold the stop piece. Am I wrong about that? |
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Roman Sonnleitner
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Vienna, Austria
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Posted 11 Dec 2009 2:48 am
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| Nope, the TOM bridge won't fit, as a wraparound bride like the one on the Rondo has a wider post spacing - I actually meant using the tailpiece as a bridge, that should work if the strings go across it reasonably straight... |
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Tom Pettingill
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California, USA (deceased)
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Posted 11 Dec 2009 7:25 am
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Hard to say if those will work, there are a couple different saddle sizes amongst tune-o-matic style bridges with the Nashville being the taller if I recall.
Here is a diagram of the BA style the Rondo uses, though no real saddle breakdown. http://www.guitarjonesusa.com/images/3607_diagram.jpg
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| I am thinking of putting a second set of tuners behind he bridge and anchoring them with string-through ferrules at the headstock, just in front of the nut. |
Just be careful of not removing too much wood and weaken the headstock area. Probably not an issue, but something to keep in mind when laying it out.
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James Mayer
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back in Portland Oregon, USA (via Arkansas and London, UK)
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Posted 11 Dec 2009 8:16 am
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| Tom Pettingill wrote: |
Hard to say if those will work, there are a couple different saddle sizes amongst tune-o-matic style bridges with the Nashville being the taller if I recall.
Here is a diagram of the BA style the Rondo uses, though no real saddle breakdown. http://www.guitarjonesusa.com/images/3607_diagram.jpg
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| I am thinking of putting a second set of tuners behind he bridge and anchoring them with string-through ferrules at the headstock, just in front of the nut. |
Just be careful of not removing too much wood and weaken the headstock area. Probably not an issue, but something to keep in mind when laying it out. |
Well, I was thinking of 4 ferrules just behind the nut, and 2 more ferrules in the very end of the head stock. That would look pretty cool, I think. Maybe 3 and 3. |
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