dpappas Posted May 10, 2022 Report Share Posted May 10, 2022 I'm in the opposite boat. Narrow upper eyes (38 mm I think), and the BB is about 2 mm in from that, so even with the angle it's a good 2.5-3 mm in from the bridge foot edge. So I ordered a 39 mm blank as suggested by Jeffrey and will spend a good deal of time working on that new bridge. I'll need to fit a longer post to get it in due to the narrower 39 mm bridge foot spacing. I noticed on some of the dGs in the Biddulph book (I have the small edition) and some strad posters that even with narrow upper eyes and "innie" bass bars people stick to the same 42 mm bridges most of the time. So I am not sure if I am chasing something for minimal to no change, but swapping a bridge is easy to undo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustle Posted May 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2022 I have an old violin that is as you described. 38mm between eyes. I've had various bridges on it. Currently there's a 41mm on it, but I also have a 40mm. On this violin I didn't really notice a major difference. You can take the feet in a tad from the outside. I'm interested if you notice any benefit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustle Posted May 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2022 4 hours ago, dpappas said: I'm in the opposite boat. Narrow upper eyes (38 mm I think), and the BB is about 2 mm in from that, so even with the angle it's a good 2.5-3 mm in from the bridge foot edge. So I ordered a 39 mm blank as suggested by Jeffrey and will spend a good deal of time working on that new bridge. I'll need to fit a longer post to get it in due to the narrower 39 mm bridge foot spacing. I noticed on some of the dGs in the Biddulph book (I have the small edition) and some strad posters that even with narrow upper eyes and "innie" bass bars people stick to the same 42 mm bridges most of the time. So I am not sure if I am chasing something for minimal to no change, but swapping a bridge is easy to undo. Replied above. Forgot to add the quote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpappas Posted May 10, 2022 Report Share Posted May 10, 2022 3 hours ago, Rustle said: Replied above. Forgot to add the quote It will be a week or so but when I finish I’ll report back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpappas Posted July 2, 2022 Report Share Posted July 2, 2022 On 5/10/2022 at 3:18 PM, Rustle said: I'm interested if you notice any benefit. It took me a while to get this experiment finished. I am not happy with the overall cut and fit of the bridge, this is my third attempt at bridge fitting so this is definitely not the final product. The 38 mm bridge brought out more volume across all strings and more depth. It’s still the same violin with more “oomph” in the lower end and more power overall. I’m going to take it to a professional to have them fit a narrow bridge. Even my newbie job made the violin much better. Thanks also to Jeffrey Holmes for mentioning this in other threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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