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mwc9725e - Posted - 08/25/2007: 11:57:45
I just learned a lesson today. Just finished converting my old Contessa Masterclone to open back. It's beautiful, and plays and sounds great. But I thought I'd make it sound even better by replacing the $3 German-made maple and bone insert bridge with a $30 bridge on one of my other banjos. Wow, what a difference. I couldn't get the old bridge back on fast enough. And yes, I adjusted the tailpiece and various other tweaks to try to get it to work. The moral, at least for me, is that more expensive doesn't mean better. In fairness to the guy who made my expensive one, he made it to get a specific kind of sound from a specific banjo I have, so there's no logical reason to suppose it would work well on just any banjo. My point, though, is watch out for some of those off-the-shelf $20-30 wonders, they might not improve your banjo's sound at all and, in fact, may degrade it. One of the best bridges I have is a compensated Grover, that I paid $5 for.
Moved from "Playing Advice."
Edited by - Banjoman on 08/25/2007 12:22:00
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