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For my bridges I only choose high quality Balkan maple, centuries old, seasoned, evenly and tightly grained, and I air-dry it myself. The ebony I use for tops is some of the most dense and hard you will ever find. I always quarter-saw the bridge blanks, which results in what could be considered a "waste" of approximately 75 % of the wood, but ensures that the grain be correct in each bridge I build. All these factors are essential for the sound.

I offer my bridges in all possible (reasonable) heights: 19/32", 5/8", 21/32" (.656"), 11/16", and 3/4". You can get them unslotted, notched to standard or wide ("J.D. Crowe") string spacing, notched to custom spacings of your choice, with or without intonation compensation for the 3rd string. Other options I offer include different woods (plane, pearwood, cherrywood, also purplewood for the tops) for different tonal flavors. I’m always more than willing to build custom bridges for customers who have clear ideas about the sound they want to get from their banjo: after all, getting the most from a banjo sound is the reason I started building banjo bridges in the first place.

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