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Old 05-19-2011, 10:08 AM
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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.
That's some great info Arnold thanks...
Two things:

-I got tree bridges, the bridge of chooice should be a medium side bridge, just to be safe.
-The My understanding is that the BB length is 7/8 of the top length.
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Old 06-01-2011, 11:14 AM
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Gluing the Bass:
I had to make 9 Deep throat Clamps 
A Little messy



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Old 06-01-2011, 12:36 PM
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Did you chalk fit that Bar 100% flush with the Top? Looks like it's gaping all over from the pics.
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Old 06-01-2011, 01:21 PM
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Did you chalk fit that Bar 100% flush with the Top? Looks like it's gaping all over from the pics.
Yes I did chalk fit it. the gap's that u may be seeing is by at the end of the bar, it meant to be that way, that will be chisel again
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Old 06-02-2011, 07:55 AM
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Old 06-02-2011, 08:06 AM
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That glue line doesn't look that tight wood-to-wood but if you're happy, I'm happy..
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