Originally Posted by Arnold Schnitzer (Post 22647)

Yes. It goes on the E side.

Ba-dum-bump!

Seriously, you want to first choose your bridge width. In general this is not much wider than the distance between upper f-hole eyes. Then you lay out the bass bar so it is slightly outside the center of the bridge imprint. The angle cannot be set by the violin-maker's method because basses are not standardized. I personally like the distance from the center line to the bass bar to be a bit more than half at the top what it is on the bottom.

Originally Posted by Ken Smith (Post 22754)

Did you chalk fit that Bar 100% flush with the Top? Looks like it's gaping all over from the pics.