Belgian and French

[Arnold Schnitzer]

Originally Posted by Thomas Erickson

Do we assume this is considering bridges of the same overall mass, or is there a tendency for one to be heavier than the other in the same size?

I don't know. I've never had the occasion to inspect two bridges made for the same bass; one French, the other Belgian, and then to weigh them.

[Thomas Erickson]

Originally Posted by Arnold Schnitzer

I don't know. I've never had the occasion to inspect two bridges made for the same bass; one French, the other Belgian, and then to weigh them.

Makes sense. Now that I think about it some more, I suppose that style doesn't make any difference in overall mass, since either could likely be trimmed out to match the other. So just a matter of where on the bridge the mass is situated, although I'd speculate that the length (flexibility) of the legs is just as much a part of it...