PeterKSiegel - Posted - 09/25/2014:  19:02:59

Some time back I bought an old banjo that came with what I thought was a beat-up old Grover bridge with bone inserts. Since the bridge was the wrong height for the banjo, I replaced it and tossed it into my parts box.

Today, while perusing the parts box, I noticed that bridge and saw that it was not a Grover, but was stamped "Farquhar."  It looked to be the right height for my Bart Reiter Whyte Ladie, which has had a standard Grover-type bridge for several decades (but who's counting?)

Long story short, it sounds amazing. Hard to describe but I can say it sounds more musical. Wow! The only issue is that it has a much narrower string spacing than any other bridge I've used, but who knows, I might get used to it. Really amazing.

Farquhar Bridge

NCjones - Posted - 09/25/2014:  22:02:07

I bought one many months ago and tried it on my Huber.  The bridge is very well made and it's pretty.

I got weird response from mine.  The first 3 strings sounded a lot better, more crisp and like the sound I was looking, but the 1st and 2nd went out of pitch.  I adjusted it every way possible within reason with not much change.  Sort of like those two strings went out of pitch and deadened.



So I changed the strings thinking maybe they were old.  No dice.



So I went back to my Snuffy original and the sound came back to normal.

Edited by - NCjones on 09/25/2014 22:03:15

jbalch - Posted - 09/26/2014:  02:32:51

I use Jim's bridges on my B&D Silver Bell tenor.  They are a preferred choice by many players in that genre'. I really like it a lot on than banjo.  

But have not tried one on a five string.  Glad to hear it works so well.

BDCA - Posted - 09/26/2014:  03:40:01

I was setting up a new tenor yesterday and wasn't happy with the sound. Bingo! I remembered the Farquhar tenor bridge I had in my bridge bag and voila! I used the banjo last night at a gig and it played and sounded great!! That's the best sounding tenor bridge I own.

Cya!

Bob

mipake - Posted - 09/26/2014:  05:41:30

I just ordered two of the two foot style yesterday for my tenors. Anxious to hear how they sound .

Mike