With the Bullfrog in place, customizing its placement was much easier than with the Grover. Getting Started | Contributor Zone . Increased ambient resonance. Its a sweeter tone than maple. I've played with a Snuffy Smith Comp. (if you get one ditch the guitar tuners and get some cheap planetary tuners) Anyway its a pretty cool little banjo but once I supercharged the Ibanez, I wasn't stopping!! I was looking to see if I could improve that sound any more.I described the general sound characteristics and how I'm playing it now to Mike Smith and pointed him to a recording. I own several bridges made by Bart and highly recommend his products. It might not stay on the banjo indefinitely; Ill try any new banjo bridge once. Typically, you'll find tightly grained maple so dense you have to get a microscope to find the medullary rays. . I bought one of Danny's Beech bridges on Ebay. Anyhow, this fall I was looking to see if I could improve the sound of my 1978 Ibanez Artist. the banjo came equipped with a Grover compensated that sounded just okay. I am sure there are many good Bridges out there but for me it is "Snuffy Smith". I put together a maple neck and resonator Mastertone style with a Yates rim and Yates no-hole tone ring. Also Tim is a very nice guy to deal with. Outstanding product, good value and price, excellent customer service and response time. Now, it has that same great sound, but with added sustain. I believe Eric at Sullivan has another solid product to add to the Sullivan name! Very nice "no-sag" Red Maple 5/8"bridge with ebony top. Foxes and Fossils played maybe 3 more jobs in the summer of 2010. It did require a little angling to get the intonation just right, but way less angling than I had been using with an uncompensated bridge. I wasn't sure what to expect out of Locust, but what I got was something new almost haunting in G minor tuning. Jack. MyLife is NOT a Consumer Reporting Agency - You may NOT use this information to make decisions about consumer credit, employment, tenancy or any other purpose that would require FCRA compliance. I especially like the thickness of Tim's bridges as I don't care for thinned out bridges, to me they give a thinned out tone. Our collection of songs on Youtube steadily grew. I'm using the Archie bridge on a mid 1970's Gibson RB800 (rim upgraded to a Cooperman 3 ply, and turned for a Cox archtop ring). A fantastic product backed up by great communication/ advice and timely shipping/ delivery. The other two gave my banjo a more blue grass sound, one more than the other. pqs250About Us Foxes and Fossils. Samantha Purcell is 28 years old today because Samantha's birthday is on 12/02/1994. I intend to make some sound comparison MP3s once i get my main computer back up, so check those out on the Hangout. My Whitestar never sounded so even, so loud, so full, so bright, and so alpine crisp. If you are currentlytweaking your arch-top set up, you may find that anArchiewill work well for you. Just spent the last few hours tinkering with my new Archie bridge. I have a Deering Deluxe and, as with almost all banjos I have played, it needs a compensated bridge to be accurate over the whole fretboard. He is also very nice to do business with. This bridge is of Tim's new design in aspect of ''no sag'' feet and it is a significant improvement.Very elegant in appearence , handcraft is perfectly done . These are really great bridges at less than 1/2 the cost of the others. These bridges certainly crank up the volume. The banjo came alive. I'm also primarily a guitar player and do a little straight bluegrass, but more melodic alternative "from the hip" improvisations and a lot ofguitarishstyling. My search for the perfect bridge is over! (May 2017). I tried half a dozen different bridges on this old beater, some better than others, in what I perceived as a quest to tone down and mellow out this rig. To torment and harm anyone who refuses to believe in him. After hearing so much about Purcell bridges I decided to try a couple of them. It sounds great and the tone is much richer than before, and the "floppy G and D" strings are gone! DCB provides bridges in a variety of heights and string spacings. Part of the secret has to be in his ordering form, which asks for all the particulars of your banjo. Weight is 2.225 gr. I couldnt wait to get out and perform with them. It sounds Great! I highly recommend this bridge to anyone who wants good compensation and maybe a little brighter sound from their banjo. Honestly, I bought the walnut because I wanted a banjo to have a woody, mellow, appalachian mountain/minstrelly tone, but now I've heard the brightness from the walnut bridge and am thinking about getting another banjo just so I can appreciate both of the different tonalities offered by them. The tone is very deep, full, with good hollowness and 'dry' sounding (no bad overtones). Shortly thereafter we asked the lovely Johnny Pike if hed grace us with his presence on the drums. I would recommend this bridge to all who are shopping for one. I guess its hard to have it all. Let's rewind the history:I asked Silvio to make me a Scorpion (custom) bridge - something bright with a 14" radius for my Stelling SwallowTail, which has a 14" radiused fretboard. It means that it might just take trying several bridges before you find the one that makes the sound you want on your banjo. It was very much worth the $20-something investment! Bart was again extremely helpful and I exchanged them for two that were the same as the first set but both higher. Well, after some changing out and comparison tests. there is NO contest. When the bridge arrivedand I set it up I notice right away that it really did wonders with the intonation. The volume is perfect for me,no over ring any where on the neck.and, all the strings blend perfect.The 4th string has that special growl that everyone seeks,but doesn't stand out over the sound from the other four strings.Try one of these bridges and you will be very pleased and very surprised ! not prof. but for fun. I thought it sounded better with a little heavier strings than I was used to. Not just a little bit, but far inferior to both the Stew-Mac and the Grover Compensated bridges I own, both of which were far less expensive. This Steve Davis Bridge is the best bridge I have ever had. Bart was very helpful and answered all my questions very quickly. Where Purchased: Through Hangout member along with several other parts. I think you will like it. Absolute joy. Reading all over the web quickly confirmed that these were supposed to be really good, so I ordered one with 5/8 height, 46 mm string spacing, untopped as recommended by Bart for clawhammer, and in B (heavy) weight for added dark tone. Can't say enough. I don't make a dime on these bridges but if you realize how important the bridge is on a banjo you should give David a shout, either here on the Hangout through his classified ad for his bridges..or go directly to his web site at www.dcbanjoworks.com I'm ordering another one today for my other banjo! Great bridge !!! It is slightly less weight then virgin maple, and I think this improves the resonance of the bridge.Finally, the treble is very sweet. I was looking for a high quality bridge for my new Pisgah Possum banjo. It took almost no time to adapt to the wider clawhammer spacing. Jim. Still, this is the only thing that keeps the bridge from getting a 10 rating. Great craftsmanship, classic lines, and solid sound. It took about a week to make it to Georgia. Perfect string spacing, slot depth and excellent string ramping and pretty to look at as well. That cheap stock maple bridge came off and the roasted maple simply blew it away. Or you might one bridge for playing certain tunes and a different bridge for other tunes, or other styles of tunes. There is no doubt that whatever banjo I have will immediately be fitted with one of Tims finely crafted bridges. So anyway I put his on my banjo and am very happy with the tone it produces. Mine is cherry, with a wenge top. I tightened the head in the mean time. I'm glad I did! I must have given him 20 different specs, and he nailed it. Where Purchased: Elderly Instruments (Online). After I installed the new strings I found that it helped but it sounded to me that my banjo sounded a little bassy. Being a native Detroiter I had to have one of these Bridges. All my hammer on, pull offs, and slides sound so much cleaner! But Don's Bigfoot does not create a sense of muffled to me, just sweet, full, and mellow. 7. I am getting more clarity with some added sustain as well from this interesting bridge. A Ludwig head and a price tailpiece. They're not a map to follow, but simply a description of what people commonly feel. Business Technology Partner at Victoria Police, Associate Director, Technology Enablement, Advisory, Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window). I've tried it on both banjos (both have natural skin heads by John Balch and already had great bridges), in both cases, the banjo came alive, more volume, more punch/pop, crisper, a little sustain than before, which I love. I highly recommended it! Playing into an ear trumpet Louise microphone it sounds great though I did have to back further away from the micbecause of the volume. The new smile bridge increased my volume, which I really didn't need. The bridges sound rather average and unappealing when first installed - it takes a little while being installed and picked to really shine. by Year; by Job; by Ratings; by Votes; by Genre; by . One 11/16, and one .656. Amazing. When I got the new Scorpion, I installed it right away. I am impressed. Accolades to Bart. In combo with my banjo this sugar maple bridge is perfect for some hard driving bluegrass playing . Can't say enough good things about it! His customer service is fantastic. If you're struggling with volume or sound for nylgut strings - contact Bart immediately! I previously had a Purcell Roasted Maple on there, and that sounded good, but there was something missing up the neckit just didnt have the sparkle and ring I was looking for. I just received a sycamore/rosewood bridge from Steve for a recently acquired Noel Booth open back banjo. Why would anyone want a pre made bridge instead? This bridge improved the tone of this RB-250 by increasing its warmth and response by a lot. Thanks so much to Mr. Cunningham, his bridges have made me fall even more in love with the banjo. I may go another round at some point as I think I could have gone a bit further on the 4th string compensation, but that's on me and my measurements, not the bridge! For my open-back banjo, I am using the 11/16, old maple wood, wide width, snakewood top. I found this bridge through a web search because I didn't like the sound I was getting from my starter banjo (Fender FB 300). It seemed a bit more "live" to me, but just a little more so, and as noted, being an element of the overall sound producing system, the Brazilian may well have been the choice on a different banjo with a different set-up. Copyright 2022 Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved.For reprint rights: Tim Purcell is a popular The change in character was a big surprise. If you order a bridge of a specific height, weight, and string spacing, you will receive *exactly* that. The width and spacing were perfect as were the slots. I recently tried another brand name bridge and it had all that I was looking for. After some discussion he sent 3 bridges, all .656, standard spacing..a Piano #2, a Submerged Birch and a Red Maple. By 07:00 on Sunday morning, Tim had responded to my email with his recommendation based on the tone/sound I was after. Truly a superior product. In addition, I wondered what a compensated bridge could do for the intonation issues I had up-neck and on the first fret third string (particularly when fretting the third string in drop D tuning). Well here's where Bart came in. The Sullivan FF Roasted bridge is a keeper. The bridge had to be customized to match the radiussed fretboard of the banjo. I'm not worried about why the company made it, business decisions, etc. I am able to get a beautiful tone out of the instrument with the lightest touch and lowest volume, and it is as loud as you need it be as well. Very well built. The camo frog gives me a louder max volume and I believe it gives me a quieter useful minimum as well (ie it seemed more responsive to a softer touch). This beech bridge is unbelievable! This is the second bridge that I've purchased to try to upgrade my Gumby-era Goodtime. He displayed his versatile talent not only in the rock and blues field but also as the lead singer and frontman for the critically acclaimed country act The Riley Hawkins Band. I was doubtful because 1) I am a beginnerand 2) because my hearing is not what is was. (tried it on a bottlecap, goodtime, and 93 flatiron, and ALL were improved) BUY ONE!!! Bart was easy to deal with and promptly sent the 5/8" untopped mystery wood bridge with 46mm spacing. The girls moms frowned on gigs during the school year and that was ok because my other band, The Mustangs still had enough festival and club work to keep us occupied. It's an elegant looking bridge as well. He said he knew what I needed and I placed an order. He has impressive design capabilities and works real hard to please customers. Where Purchased: direct from Greg at a festival. In fact, the improvement in response is downright remarkable. Highly recommended. Man that roasted red maple REALLY blew the doors off. Great show, thank you. Strictly top shelf craftsmanship! I find it hard to describe sounds in words. After several emails back and forth with David Cunningham, he suggested I get a Walnut bridge with a Katalox"cap", which the strings rest across. I bought the bridge on purpose to be a little high so I could 'tweak' to my desired height. It's too soon to describe the difference well but i can say that Bart's Teak/Ebony bridge did add more projection and a bitmore clang (that's the scientific term, I believe) in the midrange. And Gary shipped it lightning fast! Too, Tim is a responsive and friendly BHO member to deal with during the purchase process. All parts are original apart of this bridge. Credit: Terry Heinlein The band was the latest and. I was curious about the sound characteristics of "roasted" maple bridges after reading some of the posts back in August. Sound wise I noticed a pretty significant increase in highs and a slight decrease in lows, with an overall boost in volume throughout. Zebra wood has a nice look. Facebook gives people the power to. Bart recommended 46 mm string spacing because this would make double thumbing easier to do. The product is great and the customer service is even better, all at a reasonable price. After some neck work, the banjo began to open up, but was still not quite what I wanted. Both have been great. The bridge was recommended to me by a fellow banjo picker who also owns an arch-top. Cleaner response and better note separation. During the whole process David kept me notified and even sent me pictures of the blueprints then later the finished bridges. For an 11" banjo I would not be sure the bass would be there with this bridge. I corresponded with Bart ahead of time, gave him the full specs of the banjo and went with his recommendation. If you are considering a bridge upgrade you will not be disappointed. This beat out the Sampson Walnut old wood bridge for tone, although the Sampson did have some good old timey sound to it. David is an incredible guy to deal with and even sent a video of the bridge being made when I asked if he could snap a picture. I've just recently begun using bridges made of woods other than the traditional maple/ebony. He also plays ukulele and mandolin. ), My banjo specs: Short scale, walnut neck, 12-inch thin maple rim (Keller drum shell), Dobson tone ring, thin goatskin head, Chris Sands heavy strings. Great workmanship. I played with all sorts or set-up stuff to get it to open up. I will probably order 3 more just like it pretty soon..a spare for the archtop and 2 for my new flathead.Tone rings, wood rims and good set-ups are all very important.but "the bridge" is the key to the best sound any banjo has to give.My overall rating for this bridge is 1000! What a great bridge! My banjo is a Recording King Madison RK-OT25 (an openback with a scoop neck). Very respectful and obliging, and he delivers on time when he says he will. The biggest difference was the treble: much stronger, clearer, and bell-like. And the 5/8" bridge I put on my style 12 made a remarkable difference. I rate his bridges a "9" just because I think the price is a tad highI'd like to see them sold for $28. Join Facebook to connect with Tim Purcell and others you may know. He takes his craft and his customer service seriously and he will do everything he can to make you a banjo bridge you will love. It really improved my highs and mids, while the bass and intonation is about the same as the moon heavy that was on previuosly. Wouldn't want to take it to a BG jam, but it wasn't designed for that. The construction is impeccable. The Cumberland Acoustics sunken maple bridge is great. Well I had used Steve's maple compensated for quite some time, and then heard he started making the same bridge out of beech wood. She was a student of Amy Wallace, The Mustangs incredibly talented female lead singer and Director of Fine Arts at North Cobb Christian School. I just want to add my $.02 to praise Steve's bridges, and then a whole lot more to praise Steve himself as a craftsman and a banjo guy (whatever that may be, I mean it in the best possible way. Arnold got the bridges to me just in time to celebrate my birthday, ( and Bill Monroe's ) on September 13. And I can say that it does indeed open up the sound, and it does set up a tension on the strings that made them much more playable. The following video shows John Boulding playing Gospelman 97 (Bryan's) Hatfield Buck Creek with the Zebra Katalox bridge. Frankly, I was skeptical as to how much a mere bridge could affect the performance of this inexpensive but boy, was I wrong! Bart decided on a plain Mystery wood bridge, lighter weightfor Stewie with slots cut specifically for the Nylgut (I ended up measuring them with a caliper) and using Crowe spacing. 4. Check Background Get Contact Info This Is Me - Edit Reputation & Background I could not be more satisfied. The 11/16 went on my 03 golden era and instantly opened it up, and improved the tone all over the neck. He made no claim or guarantee that the bridge would open up the sound, make the strings magically more playable, improve the intonation, and so on. Got rid of most of the overtones and the sympathetic vibrations. The bridge came in the mail yesterday, and I placed it on the banjo this morning. The tone was consistently clean and strong across the strings. These are nice bridges. I play Irish tenor banjo and my main instrument is a plain but good playing Weymann 140. to see possibly who they are and full class lists found from school records and public sources. It might be like when I was a kid, and I thought that the new shoes would make me run fasterbut this bridge makes me think, at least, that I am playing better. But this one was like a design-build process of which I was a part.Update 30 days after purchase: Bart contacted me about a week after the bridge arrived to see that it met my expectations, I bought another different one just to have in the arsenal. Clear, great bass, clear highs and loud. Food has always been a go-to for people in mourning. The lower action helped there a bit. Again, more open and slightly different sound then the Organ bridge. It also added a bit more growl and now I could really feel the sound through the resonator! After getting the intonation setup correct, I checked the fourth string with my auto tuner. One thing I was looking for was a brighter tone, especially on the lower strings, and the bridge delivered. Well worth the money. Ive wanted one of Barts bridges for a while now, so I was curious to see what he might suggest for me. Dar and I grew up playing and singing together in high school and for a bit after college. I tried a lot of different bridges on my RB-4 copy but was never satisfied with the tone. Availability: You can order Barts bridges directly from his website at banjobridge.com or from respected online retailers Elderly Instruments and Janet Davis Music. I am very pleased with this bridge. As a singer in my past years I love and envy his amazing voice. I own a Recording King OT Madison with a scoop that I like very much but felt could be tickled to have a little better tone. The bridge is compensated, and the top is flat to match my flat fretboard. The instrument is still new to me, and I'm really liking it as I get used to it, but there were some minor intonation quirks up the neck that seemed to indicate a compensated bridge. There was a real noticeable difference in volume, decay, and strength. I have had 6 bridges total from David and all have been excellent. I love the design of the Emerson bridges, they give great tone and even volume throughout all strings.The vintage tone is the holly version, and gives a wonderfully crisp and bright sound to any banjo. The reason for choosing the Fielding in the first place was it's design. The tone is certainly rich; at proper head tensions on tone ring banjos (G - A tapped), the bridge delivers a surprising amount of bass response for how thin it is - but it does not loose volume or musicality. When Samuel frightens his cousin by telling her about the Babadook, Amelia tries to destroy the book. Ive tried a number of bridges on my Hatfield Special. No effect on function but none the less a QC issue in my mind. I'm happy! Tim makes great bridges. Feet touch the banjo just right. It became my favorite at once! The reason for not having a 10 is that I believe there to many 10's given when the product seems that it beats one's expectations. It seems to retain a great deal of the instruments projection but creates a more complex sound. I have been using Bart's Bridges for a while now. I have a Snuffy Smith on my Goldstar and was satisfied with it but have read good things about Sosebee's bridges so I thought I would give one a try. I picked a couple of songs for us to try, parsed out the parts and waited. Keep your eye on her. update3-3-08I just put a Veerman ENIGMA bridge. Brilliant! I'm using it on a 12" Ramsey open back with a rolled brass tone ring and a John Balch skin head. The Snuffy Smith may have been a bit louder, but the tone was noticeably improved with the Katzeye. I think I emailed him about making me a bridge on Monday night and he had it in the mail on Wednesday morning. I have been looking for a bridge to give me a little more control over my tone on my Morgan Monroe Cameron open back with W/L tone ring. David is a very conscientious bridge engineer. I've played many, many bridges. James Timothy Purcell, age 60 passed away on Wednesday, July 20, 2022.James Timothy Purcell, age 60 passed away on Wednesday, July 20, 2022.Tim Purcell was born March 21, 1962 to Rita Rose Purcell and James "Terrence" Purcell in San Antonio, Texas. Bought my 5/8 inch clawhammer bridge from Bart about 3 weeks ago. The biggest improvement was up the neckall the way up. I have a Wildwood Paragon, which is a really loud (and absolutely wonderful!) This is a hand carved bridge, with a very flowing organic look to it. I play clawhammer so it wasn't the right bridge for me but it might be really good for bluegrass. We find his talented skill in all the parts of the banjo . It reminded me of espresso, bold dark, resonant, yet with clarity and the right "ghosts" (my term) up the neck. Again, a lot of the other makers use quite a hefty slab of ebony at the top of their bridges. Extremely high quality. This third-party data is then indexed through methods similar to those used by Google or Bing to create a listing. The bass response is full and the high end sounds pretty good too. Don't throw that good bridge away just because it has a little damage. Methodist, All of today's music was written, or co-written, byTim Purcelland performed by Tim solo or in the configurations noted : What a job Parkinson is doing under huge pressure every week." There is another slight difference in tone that I have no idea how to describe, but I like it. I had Donald make it with 44mmspacing. In short order the bridges arrived and I was impressed and pleased with the materials and precision design and workmanship. 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