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Has anyone else run into this? I did one on a bourgeois last week and it barely fit. Now I've got an Scgc and it only halfway fits on the bridge plate. I'm going to glue on a small extension.

I have installed a few before without any issue, probably on more mainstream guitars. Maybe these higher-end shops are trying to build as light as possible?

Anyways, maybe something to think about for us builders. Make sure there's a little room down there!

Pat

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Pat

It's quoted as 0.735" wide so that's a really narrow bridge plate, less than any bridge I've seen.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

I don't see a problem with only part of it on the plate and the rest in the air not in contact. It's a mic not a contact transducer and it's picking up what the inside of the box sounds like.

Yes I have encountered this before and I stuck about 60% of the mic on the plate, avoided contact with the pins and string balls and was sure to freshly sand the plate briefly and then wipe the sand paper residue off with naphtha, wait for it to dry and then press the mic in place. No problems reported.

Make sure your cables are not pulling on the mic using retention strategically placed and the buddy system with other cables and you should be good to go.

I prefer this approach to adding bridge plate material which it pretty invasive and much more difficult to undo and restore the instrument to how the builder built it.

Yes the Scgc only allowed for about half of the anthem in front of the ball ends. The bourgeois had just enough room for the sticky pads. Most guitars I've seen have had a larger area to work with.

Pat

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Pat

I took Hesh's advice: sanded, cleaned, stuck. Rocked back and forth a bit for good measure. I don't think it's coming off. I was able to get slightly more than 50% of the pad on, maybe 60-70%. Thanks!

Pat

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Pat

You talk about clearance in FRONT of the ball ends. I can’t imagine a bridge plate so small it would also be too narrow behind the pins. My favourite place anyway. It’s not a transducer, so placement is much less critical.
I have had one become unstuck — my first, on one of my own guitars. My fault for not cleaning the rosewood plate adequately.


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