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From NZsteve on 11/30/2012 5:30:05 PM

Here's a nice simple question, (yeah right !), ebony tip bridge or rosewood. Have you tried both, if so what What are your experiences or recommendations and why ?. Do you believe there is a qualitative difference ?. Ebony looks very standard, but should it be ?. Maybe it depends upon what style of music you play, or Bluegrass or Tenor ?. 2000 thousand word essays please.

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	banjonz says: 11/30/2012 6:55:07 PM I have never seen a rosewood tipped bridge but I have used (and still have) a solid rosewood one. I went through a phase of thinnning bridges down to allow more transmission. Results were interesting on the various banjos I used them on. Ebony seems to be standard amongst many bridge makers. I guess it is about tradition. However on my Gibson BG banjo, I tried 14 bridges sent to me from Oz. Most of them were 'big' name ones. I found only two that gave me what I wanted and I only bought one. Tone and 'sound' are highly subjective. What I want out of my Gibson is not what I want out of my CH banjo. The best thing is to experiment with bridges.
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