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Good news is you got a great deal on a great banjo; bad news is you won't be able to blame the instrument. Best of luck on your journey!
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Originally posted by OwenJust to clear the waters, I'm about 99.9999% [yep, that's four decimal places] sure that some years ago I read on BHO that the "right" [conventional??] way was to have the maker's mark face the tailpiece.
Sitting here looking at the Snuffy Smith compensated third string bridge on my Gibson parts banjo, Snuffy's Superman S maker's mark is facing the neck. I know this has to be correct because the compensating notch for the third string also faces the neck -- as it must in order to do its job of lengthening the string. In this orientation, the vertical/90-degree side faces the tailpiece. The sloped side faces the neck.
Maybe some makers used to put their marks on the back side. But all the marked bridges I have work best with their marks facing the neck.
All I'm saying is that I'm 99.9999% sure that I read that advice on BHO; not implying in any way that that that advice was correct.
I just got a new Gold Tone banjo set up from Gold Tone, staked, with a Snuffy Smith bridge and a Presto tailpiece. The logo on the Snuffy Smith is pointing toward the fretboard. I am assuming Gold Tone knows what they are doing here though.
Bart,
thanks for that post. i learned some things.
ken
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