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April 3rd, 2012, 08:23 AM
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A Compton copy?
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April 3rd, 2012, 08:52 AM
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Hmmm. doesn't look like it would work.
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April 3rd, 2012, 09:17 AM
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The compton isn't the most advanced product to copy. A skilled mechanic could do a similar bridge in minutes. The hard job must have been to develop the design, and that is already done.
I'm suprised that there isn't more copies out there.
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April 3rd, 2012, 10:35 AM
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It states it's a "blank" meaning you probably have to get it "machined" or similar in order for it to be totally correct, I'm guessing. That kind of thing anyway.
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April 3rd, 2012, 11:22 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by IbuprofenJive
It states it's a "blank" meaning you probably have to get it "machined" or similar in order for it to be totally correct, I'm guessing. That kind of thing anyway.
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He's selling both the brass blank AND the aluminum bridge he was going to copy. The aluminum was machined it looks like. It's radius compensated. But, it doesn't appear to have the S curve the Compton does.
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April 3rd, 2012, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by cybermgk
He's selling both the brass blank AND the aluminum bridge he was going to copy.
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So it's "Here's the blank, here's the template, knock yerself out" kind of thing. I see what you mean. |
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April 3rd, 2012, 02:08 PM
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It's all crooked and stuff, said the pear to the pineapple.
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April 3rd, 2012, 04:47 PM
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It looks like left over junk.
The seller says:
"we ended up making a brass compensated bridge based on the aluminium one for sale
(the brass one is just a template you cant use it as a bridge without re-shaping)"
This looks like the truth to me. A brass Bigsby bridge (that they kept) seems like a useful bridge to me. The brass one they're selling looks flat on top.
Anyway, they are recycling the leftovers from their project which seems legit to me.
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April 3rd, 2012, 05:59 PM
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The aluminum bridge looks just like my Bigsby bridge on my G5125.
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