Dean May wrote: > >>I don't see any relationship to vertical hitches here either.??? > >>Ron N > > Sorry if I wasn't clear. This probably won't help. > > I sat in on a class by Del Fandrich and he was talking about using the > vertical hitch pins with the groove at the top to hook the string > around. He gave as a reason to improve the flexibility of the backscale > especially in the bass. The groove allows the string to pivot up and > down with the vibrations. Right, because the string doesn't have to flex at an aliquot. > A postive backscale angle will impede bridge movements up more than > down. Vice versa for a negative angle. A zero backscale angle will have > equal impedance in either direction. Again, no. A positive NET angle between speaking length and back scale does this, but the back angle alone doesn't. The whole bridge does, after all, move. Ron N
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