[Mitchell Nemeth none]

Thank you Elaine,

Yeah, making a new bridge from scratch is not in the cards for me … YET.

I really appreciate you walking through it in an order that makes sense. At least NOW, I have an IDEA of what would be entailed to go down this path. You’ve been very nice to share your $1,000,000, your kindness, knowledge, and your time.

thank you again and wishing you the best 2026

Mitch

[Mitchell Nemeth none]

Good morning Elaine,

I appreciate your reply. The suggestions you offer will certainly take this beginner out of his comfort zone and into LEARNING Territory. I hope you don’t mind my questions.

I added some pictures to show the curve on the top. I also happen to have a standard bridge which I’ve considered. You can see the string spacing is a little wider than the original. I’m not sure if this is too wide for this particular instrument. (original spacing appears to be 2″, might have some trouble finding a replacement bridge with close dimensions, the standard bridge I have = 2.16″ spacing)

if you were to go with converting:

In which order to drill holes?

make a template, line up the bridge and the bridgeplate off the guitar and drill?

(I found this after taking some more measurements, https://www.mitchelsplatemate.com/platemate

which looks like it might be useful to reinforce the plate (instead of a hardwood overlay?)

Then apply template on the top and drill?

Then separately line up the bridge and the bridgeplate –

glue, clamp, and wait, all at once? or first one then the other?

also, If I need to try to radius the bridge – painters tape, crazy glue, and sandpaper on the top of the guitar and patiently run the bridge over it?

Thank you again for your reply and considering my questions.

Mitch

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[Mitchell Nemeth none]

I hope you can see that this curve appears to be considerable, (to me, at least)