I have also studied and measured original late 19th and early 20th century banjo bridges. As the years went on I have been able to study many articles on banjo setup that were written in the era when gut strings were standard. I soon discovered why I kept being told that nylon/gut strings were “quiet.”ĭissatisfied with the volume and tone I was getting using a modern-pattern bridge, I tried to replicate what I saw advertised in old catalogs. Nylon strings were still considered the subgenre of banjo subgenres. When I started playing stroke style and “classic” banjo I did not have a lot of guidance on setup. The three-legged ebony-top bridge emerged and has been the industry standard from about the mid-1920s to today. Ever since steel wire strings began to be common on plectrum and five-string banjos, bridge design changed to accommodate the added tension and the strings cutting into the wood.
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