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Thread #99704   Message #1994673
Posted By: JohnInKansas
12-Mar-07 - 04:35 PM
Thread Name: dodgy mandolin
Subject: RE: dodgy mandolin
An accidental premature ... post. The submit button was really close to the start bar when I tried to bring up a different window.

Meant to say that lots of people don't bother with shaving the compensated bridges to get exact tuning of all the strings, although it can be done. The built-in amount of the offsets seems adequate, provided that you use "standard" string sets, although it may be a bit off if you mix and match individual strings from different sets.

If the "dodgy one" has something unusual for a bridge, it might take a bit of whittlin' to get things so that all the strings are exactly the right lengths - if you happen to be fussy about it.

John