Just spent the last few hours tinkering with my new Archie bridge. WRONG!!! After some research I decided to try out a heavier bridge. The bridge itself is quite nice and the attention to detail is obvious. I cant say that I am getting the sound that I hoped to get from the banjo, largely because I cant quite put my finger on what sound I thought possible or most desirable, and that might be a function of both the limits of my instrument and operator error. What I can say is that the bridge is a great piece of work, tightly cut, symmetrical, nicely sanded, notched precisely. I don't think they really "add" any particular tonal quality to the instrument as far as "highs," "lows," or "mids." The result with regards too response, sustain and clarity and volume is as expected"phenomenal!" I am always looking for positive changes in the tonality spectrum. As a singer in my past years I love and envy his amazing voice. It was a pleasure to recently meet and work with Tim. Oh and mission accomplished on finding a comfortable heightthe 5/8's bridge height is perfect as it lowered the string height just enough without compromising tone and volume. A big thanks to Tim for the fine bridge. Tim received some maple from Town and Country Bowling Alley in Flint Michigan. Bridge was put on a Deering Eagle. The Spillway Dam Bridge is a brilliant design that is masterfully crafted.Don's customer service is first rate too. The bridge is well designed/built and looks great. I dunno about BG usage but for open backs this bridge can't be beat. A true professional. With the Grover bridge my maximum volume was not only much less but the useful range of volume that I was able to control was sort of tight. Tim Purcell . Playing the banjo was much better with the BuulFrog. Bart was again extremely helpful and I exchanged them for two that were the same as the first set but both higher. This maple-maple banjo peels paint off walls! It also improved the balance between the strings and added some detail to the bottom end. But his latest & greatest is a combination of young & old folks called Foxes and Fossils. Too, Tim is a responsive and friendly BHO member to deal with during the purchase process. But just happened that in middle of finishing up mail, a few weeks ago I decided to ping Tim about his thoughts about roasted maple and based on his comments, I fired off a order for his roasted red maple bridges. Extra sustain - perfect for my playing style, at least for a lot of the stuff I do. Fantastic roundness of sound combined with great 'crack'. It was kind of fun, my banjo still sounded great but I thought can it sound better? I contributed to the design on Jerry Rabun's Bamboozler and Bigfoot bridges. The quality of craftsmanship is like no other as well. I purchased the heavy bridge for placement on my Prust tackhead. I can now add northern spirit radio to that list for adding to that. The simple fact is that bridges will sound good/bad on any banjo. Since I had just interviewed John Bullard and he talked about the Purcell bridges that he likes, so I thought I would give that one a try. The third is my travel banjo, a little Gold Tone CC Mini open back. Due to the organic look and warmer tone I see this as a bridge having greater appeal to the CH/Oldtime player. It literally is like playing a brand new (and much more expensive) instrument for the price of 12-15 bucks. I ordered a 5/8" bridge with Crowe spacing and received it without incident a few weeks later. In case you don't know Flint is the only city tougher than Detroit, and that's sayinga lot. Joints, feet, cut outs are all done with enough precision to suit my tastes. Foxes and Fossils played maybe 3 more jobs in the summer of 2010. Mister Babadook (simply known as the Babadook) is the titular main antagonist of the 2014 Australian horror/thriller film of the same name. I'm happy! I had seen many good reports on Gary Sosebee's bridges but I have enough hard maple bridges already. The guys I jam with even asked if I had new strings or new finger-picks, etc.. so they heard a difference also. The bridge was packed in a bubble wrap envelope including a small insert with some basic bridge info, installation instructions, and specs. - what a difference in volume and tone from the compensated Grover maple and ebony bridge I've been using. Highly recommend Bart's work. I have purchased two KatEyzbridges from Mike Smith. I really like the design of his bridges and the thickness is very good (they have enough mass, but not to heavy, nor to thin) The maple grain always runs nice and straight and most of them have very few growth lines in the wood (which I feel is the key to good sound transfer like a spruce top on a guitar) I would highly recommend you to try one of his bridges if haven't yet (their awesome). I can't stress this enough, take the time to get your measurements right, from bridge height to string width, playing style, head material, etc. My mahogany KK-3 had really come into it's own after I had replaced the stock ring with an JLS#4. Would recommend this bridge anytime! Filling out the slots in my dream band, I asked my friend Darwin to join us. Just put one on my RK and WOW did it make better sound come out and it cleared the open back muddiness. The bridge is well-made and cool-looking (100 year-oldbarn wood). Luckily for me he agreed to do them but he had to specially set up his machines because he had never done these sizes before. An excellent bridge, everything you would expect from a Sosebee Bridge .. woods, craftsmanship, everything is first rate. I have been playing with Tim's Ambrosia Red Maple bridgefor a couple months now. It is only when Amelia stops being scared and comes to terms with her husband's death that the Babadook loses its power over her. Suddenly a light came on over my head and I realized that was why that banjo always had an intonation issue. For those looking for that elusive prewar rumble, this bridge will not disappoint. After I installed the Spillway Dam Banjo Bridge, this changed. As others reviewers have said, Tim's a great craftsman and stands behinds his product. So aftering reading some reviews and getting some tips I decided to buy one of Don New's Dam spillway bridges. Hopefully I will revisit this review when I can get my mike and Audacity set up again when my office remodeling is finished. The bass notes really ring and the highs are sweet. well where to start purchased 2 of these bridges from doc ,why i wanted a warmer sound on both my RK70 and deering calico ,i explained this to doc and he did the business and they produce the warmer sound i required,and the beauty of this is i can swap and change bridges to my hearts content and get the sound i want at that given moment, thank you doc for all your help and advice it really has been greatly appreciated. Recently I have used David Cunningham's Zebrawood/Katalox brides and Zebra/Padauk. Im sure the girls wondered why after just a minute or so I abruptly stopped, but its hard to sing while youre crying. He brands them, and labels them height, weight, spacing on the bottom of the bridge feet for convenience. He made five bridges from the various woods he uses in his great banjo bridges and I tested each of them to my "ear" for tone and volume. This is the best bridge I've tried. TONE: The thing I notice the most about this bridge was how well it brought out the bass end. Someone who specializes in banjo setups did the work. I tried half a dozen different bridges on this old beater, some better than others, in what I perceived as a quest to tone down and mellow out this rig. This showed further that tailor-made compensation was needed. The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly. the best bridge I have ever tried, and I have bought bridges from very famous and very talented banjo builders ! It immeditatly brought up the volume without killing the tone. Believe it or not the first bridge Tim sent me, our puppy Frida bit the envelope and broke one of the legs off. It is a work of art in every way. I have a very nice Nechville banjo that was very well set up but just shy of everything that it could deliver in the tone/sound department. spacing bridge from Stringbean45on my Recording King K-80. Where Purchased: Directly from Mike at Kateyz. Check all background information that MyLife has gathered. You couldn't ask for a more reasonable policy: order and test, then pay. It's like a whole new banjo. Kerry will send you one and you don't have to pay for it unless you decide to keep it. The reason for the debate is simple check out the site for yourself and you will see that all the choices are really attractive. I currently have them on an RK-35 and an old Alvarez Montana. The next morning I started picking and my ears immediately perked up. I have tried many of them. The quality was outstanding! I am going to try the Emerson II "Sweet Power" bridge as well, as I won't always want that much volume.Really, if you are looking for a loud, edgy tone this bridge will do that for your banjo! My observations are that although the bridge is somewhat smaller than the factory bridge, there is plenty of volume and the notes seem "rounder" and more "civilized", seeming to lose their hard edges. You can watch her mature as you watch their performances over the years. I doubt anyone is going to put these on super-high end banjos, but on a beginner or intermediate banjo these are probably a very inexpensive and nice upgrade. To sum it up, I am pleased to have met David and recommend his products without reservation. Bridge type: Mystery wood (plain top) with custom compensation and medium (B) weight. I could go on and on, but suffice it to say that I'm exceedingly happy and would recommend this bridge to any tenor banjo player. But David scored big on the quality of the work using Zebra. I sent an email to Tim Purcell in response to an advert he had placed here on the BHO. They beefed up the tone & volume and look TOTALLY PreWar !!! Tim thank you for you patience and care. I wanted to give my Gretsch open-back a chance to shine with a professional bridge. With camo frog I have only done this once but I can say that I was able to get the 2 outside strings bang on and the inside strings were so close to being bang on that they were just about perfect. Having tried several kinds of regular bridges, I chose the Veerman bridge for both my banjos. Email. To my surprise the Beech bridge changed the character of my Hatfield with more volume and more Growl, which I didn't think was possible. I brought a banjo (Recording King RK80) to Steve over a year ago for a setup. I told mike that it would be nice to have the banjo sound a little bigger, fatter, rounder (although I know since the banjo is maple, it will be a bit more bright, perhaps harsh than mahogany.) I really didnt anticipate that dividend. That should tell you a lot about it - tinny, kind of harsh, very bright. Bart is great to deal with. David Cunningham The slots fit my strings perfectly thanks to Barts initial emails about my banjo. 9. It's not Ralph Stanley, but it's a decent Bluegrass archtop sound. I told him what I wanted in a bridge and he made it happen. Given the obvious improvement in tone and volume, I don't think this upgrade was expensive at all. This bridge is perfect for my plectrum banjo: sounds, plays & looks great, and certainly is far better than the old Grovers. Good clean lows and highs, no muddiness. I purchased thisGroverACOUSTICRAFTfor my Deering Goodtime II, replacing the stock bridge. Either way don't wait order one!!!! I'm lucky enough to be in the area and Kelly installed and adjusted the bridge and entire banjo. The bridges were finely crafted and have a wonderful balance of clarity, separation and decay. Will it replace the ESPII long term? No need to read any more reviews, call Arthur and enjoy the results! However, i've been really happy with the setup on my banjos and the bridges on them for the last couple years ( also made by Tim, see my other reviews), I didn't give it further thought for a while. This bridge and particularly the height, (9/16") made my GF-85 explode with both great tone and fantastic action. I highly recommend Tim Purcell's bridges. A good friend of mine from Springfield, IL had met this fellow and turned me on to his work-in a word awesome! Who's Searching for You, Relatives, Associates, Neighbors & Classmates. I got his Prowler bridge, made from submurged wood with the pegged top. Where Purchased: Direct from Cumberland Acoustics. I don't write reviews. It will be a waste of time and money. I end up get a bridge with slightly wider than Crowe spacing in 9/16th height to raise the action of the banjo. Smile and Say Goodbye | Not only that, but it makes playing the 5th string easier for clawhammer style because the 5th string is raised 1/8 inch. Sacrifice bass for treble, or vice versa. After that summer we were giving serious thoughts to putting Foxes and Fossils to bed. However, to get the most satisfying performance from your banjo requires the bridge maker to take into account all aspects of the instrument as well as the picker's preference and playing style. Truly a superior product. Best $18.00 I ever spent! It also improved the separation of notes. My 1 st and 2 nd string come sound more alive and a whole volume is very good. I did not like the sound when the Snuffy was put on my Goodtime II with renaissance head it was way too "ringy. His customer service is superb. For me, it was the difference between night and day. At first I didn't like how the sound was very tinny, but a couple hours later when it had settled the sound was great. Not only did it balance the tone,enhancing the bottom end note's,it also cured some fret buzz problems i was having,and I have the best intonation up and down the board ever! Every note on the fingerboard is full and dynamic.no dead or weak spots. An the price is beyond reasonable. For more information please refer to my profile on LinkedInor see my CV. In fact, mostimproved the banjos I was playing at the time, at least changed my sound to something I was happy with. Tim suggested the Wurlitzer organ maple bridge, so I took the plunge. This has caused her to distance herself from anyone who tries to talk to her about it, which leaves her isolated except for her son. view. She was a student of Amy Wallace, The Mustangs incredibly talented female lead singer and Director of Fine Arts at North Cobb Christian School. Put a Davis compensated bridge on a Deering Golden Wreath, it made it much more full with a solid bottom end. I purchased a 1/2" Bart Veerman (http://banjobridge.com) bridge with a 20" radius for a cheap Davison Banjo-Guitar(banjo body/guitar neck) I received for Christmas. It spiced it up, twanged it up, metaled it up, gave it a complexity and a voice that I never imagined this banjo was capable of. Steve adjusted the head tension, changed a few strings to different gauges and installed one of his compensated bridges. I replaced the original bridge on my Scruggs Deluxe with the Sosbee Red Maple Bridge. All of these criteria play into the design and build process, so getting them right is critical to letting Bart build you a perfect bridge. In short, there is nothing I don't like about it. Give his bridge a try. I am a status-quo kind of guy. I currently have the walnut/ebony on my TB2 conversion, gives a richer fuller tone with good note separation and I have tried a lot of bridges. Well, after some changing out and comparison tests. there is NO contest. I wrote Bart asking which of his bridges he would recommend to preserve the warm tone while giving it a bit more pop and he suggested this one. Shipping was a flat,affordable rate. I originally bought one of BHO member Tyri's 5-string bridges from Ebay. Definitely worth a try. Engage via Email. It did not do as much for my Deering Maple Blossom. I would highly recommend trying out one of his bridges. Needing to use a capo in order to reach all the scales, I started noticing (in line with my improved hearing and my tampering with the banjo itself) that the intonation was painfully off. All five banjo showed significant boost in sound quality. 1444 245th St, Winsted, MN 55395-6564. Great craftsmanship, and working with Don is great. These are the best sounding bridges of all I've tried, including about 25 bridges of various woods and designs that I made myself. Thought I'd give the Sosebee Submerged wood banjo bridge a try. It is beautifully made and really brings out a fuller sound from my banjo--highly recommended! The workmanship is spot on and I can tell there has been trouble taken to get the cut of the timber just right. He offered much helpful input as to material and design considerations guiding me in the right direction based on my particular banjo and my playing style. highly recommended! I wanted to try an alternative with ebony top, and Bart sent it to me right away. The banjo was all-original but had a flat sound and thin volume. Not this one. The initial thing I noted about the bridge was the quality of fit and finish: the work was clean and suberb. The bridge was recommended to me by a fellow banjo picker who also owns an arch-top. Helplessly Hoping was also recorded that night. I have given them to my friends and it always make their banjos sound amazing. The Ambrosia red maple had a bit more volume and brightness and sounds extremely well balanced over the entire fingerboard and is very responsive. It took about a week to make it to Georgia. I was doubtful because 1) I am a beginnerand 2) because my hearing is not what is was. It looks great. Where Purchased: Kerry Scott (lazyarcher@rogers.com). When I got the final versions of each together last month I knew that I needed some more Cunningham bridges. To my ear it is the best bridge I have had on the banjo & I have tried several. Over the years I have used a lot of high quality bridges.To date this is the best bridge I have tried on my Hatfield Celebrity.Good volume & tone. Increased overall volume. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro . I thought it sounded amazing, but then Gary showed me this new Red Maple bridge. It was a pleasure to deal with him. I was briefly obsessed with Jerry Rabun'sexperiments but that represents about all my bridge trys. 1 hr, 'Ron Coleman Outlaw five string banjo neck in curly maple' 3 hrs, 'What's w/ all of the aviation near misses lately ? ' What was next? David contacted me before he began to work to make sure he knew what I was after. The bridges I have tried have been great but none gave me the note separation, clarity, perfect amount of decay, tone, voice and volume that David's bridges have.a total package in every catagory. When I put on the capo, it doesn't go out of tune. Beautiful sound, great price, and good people. The last Foxes and Fossils show we did in 2012 features a couple of references to Maggie leaving. I exchanged emails with Tim and he quickly and kindly recommended to me a size .656 custom bridge for my banjo. Note that this is a thin bridge so be careful when installing it. The bridge is expertly crafted, visually attractive and precisely made to customer specs. But Don's Bigfoot does not create a sense of muffled to me, just sweet, full, and mellow. If he wasn't such a good kid he might not be getting this one. Excellent craftsmanship. The bridges are great but the customer service ranks right up there with the quality of the work. Send simple, comforting meals with Home Chef. I needed to get a new bridge for my cherry Brooks banjo. It's artistic, unique, and very sturdy. I swing between clawhammer and up- picking, and not usually on the same banjo. The Snuffy Smith may have been a bit louder, but the tone was noticeably improved with the Katzeye. Couldn't be happier. I bought a 11/16 Crowe. Now that banjo ended up sitting in a corner after a few years and after a 20 year hiatus I picked it back up 3 years ago. After a couple of days, I am a fan. Remember that with any bridge, set-up factors in, and the head tension may need to be raised or in this case slightly lowered for optimum performance--don't judge a bridge by the sound, try different set-ups! How does Tim do it ? Where Purchased: Directly From Tim Purcell via the Banjo Hangout. Rogers skin head. I got a 5/8 standard spacing Katalox / Zebra Bridge. Recommended. 1. Order you one while they are still cheap, these bridges are in a class by themselves. In the 21st century, it's not just urns and gravestones anymore. And the bridge looks really cool as well! I'm about out of wind. I assume these are the Wadsworth design the Steve purchased a while back. I am including a Youtube video which will allow you to listen for the difference between the two. The bridge is very well-made, great craftsmanship and clean. The rich character of the sound is preserved while helping me to punch through a bit more. Better tone and less harmonics AND in tune. >>> WOW, WOW, WOW is all I've got to say about them. It already had a really good bridge that I liked a lot but I had been reading great things about Bart Veerman's bridges for a while and decided to try one. View the profiles of people named Tim Purcell. I will probably order 3 more just like it pretty soon..a spare for the archtop and 2 for my new flathead.Tone rings, wood rims and good set-ups are all very important.but "the bridge" is the key to the best sound any banjo has to give.My overall rating for this bridge is 1000! Definately helped my Gold Star open up and more clarity for sure. I really like the bridge. Strings buzzed until we could get the ebony grooves ready. Bart will get all the necessary information from the picker regarding banjo, strings, playing style and sound preference. Get one of these if you need a new bridge. I would recommend it to anybody experiencing issues similarto what I have described. The Red Maple bridge sounded every bit as good as I experienced the first time around . My old bridge was ok but this bridge is over the top. I put a Kateyz Prowler on my Gibson Scruggs and got better sound than the original equipment - just a generic Gibson lightweight that actually had a slant toward the frets. Sheer power would be the best description. This bridge gives better tone than all others I have tried (Snuffy Smith compensated; Sosebee; Sampson walnut old wood). Thanks Tim. I wasn't sure what to expect out of Locust, but what I got was something new almost haunting in G minor tuning. I use the standard spacing and have messed with 11/16 and other heighths, but tone quality and transmission remain great. Timothy Purcell. This bridge is made from a maple bowling alley rail, whatever that is. Each ensuing year Terry would video one of our summer shows from which I would post the best performances. For my new custom Gold Tone seven string I knew from a previous custom Veermanbridge, that this was the only way to go. The bridge supports the Nylgut strings very well. Mike decided a slightly heavier bridge weight of 2.2 oz.While I was waiting for Mike's bridge I also tried a Style II Snuffy Smith 11/16 bridge, and although it made the banjo even louder, it now had these sort of harsh overtones that would ring out for a while. He made me a custom bridge with 46mm spacing for clawhammer style picking that was the perfect height for my banjo. Tried this Spillway bridge on my Earl Scruggs Gibson which had a Snuffy Smith bridge on it. I put it on my 1962 Vega Seeger and WOW!! I have been using a Cunningham Z/K on it. Suddenly a light came on over my head and I realized that was why that banjo always had an intonation issue. it hit me as a totally different banjo. (I know, heard it before), but a double winner with volume on the RB and a new sound on the Hatfield. His thoughts, (check out the wood description on his website) about the wood matched with what I look for in tone, good balance and volume, not as sustaining and a darker tone. Dar and I grew up playing and singing together in high school and for a bit after college. The girl has real pipes. One is made from Arkansas Maple and the other is made from Ambrosia Red Maple. The Katalox cap is strong, stands up to refilling the string slots Im using a thicker gauge nylon string and Davids bridges were apparently slotted for steel strings. Cons - The only real con to this bridge is that I cannot use my Mike's Banjo Mute with it. Likely it had a poor setup prior but the Archie certainly allowed the subtleties of this banjo to come right out. It also added a bit more growl and now I could really feel the sound through the resonator! I have a Wildwood Paragon, which is a really loud (and absolutely wonderful!) My Stealth now projects and the single string work I like to do sounds much better and the sustain I get for slow things is very much improved now. First things first, what I think is fantastic banjo tone might be different than you. Kudos to Bart for a great design. This is my second bridge from him and I'll for sure be buying a third. Wonderful sound. These bridges improved the volume,tone and color of both banjos. The teak bridge sounds great, but the Dark Star is in a class of its own. I don't know how many grams or anything elsethings I don't worry too much about. Makes an annoying buzzing sound when capo as second fret or higher, or when playing hard. -3. I had volume problems on some strings, where they just didn't sound as loud as the others - this bridge sorted it out and all strings sound even and crisp. To my great surprise, it was now right on the spot. I have a very old Vega Folklore long neck, the cheap one with the wooden tone rim. Hard to put into words. Of Don new 's Dam Spillway bridges beefed up the volume, I do n't know Flint is only. Purcell in response tim purcell height an advert he had placed here on the fingerboard is full and dynamic.no dead or spots. 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