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It's staying on my Gibson! Craftsmanship is excellent. This is a bridge that I'm sure many players would be happy with. Thanks Tim! I put the Archie on my Gold Tone MC150RP and couldn't stop smiling! See I purchased an 11/16 radiused Smile bridge for my Deering John Hartford banjo. I wish I could describe it better. Fantastic. But sometimes I forget to re-order them when I run out (as he well knows..lol). He produces a consistant quality product. And I've read many glowing stories about these bridges so take my review with a grain of salt. Id had a home studio for years and recorded all of my girls at one time or another so this wasnt the first time Sammie and I had sung or recorded together but it was the first time I ever thought about putting an act together with her. I wasn't sure about height and when they came I realized that I should have gone higher. I wanted to let everyone know I am a new banjo player but I have played guitar for years. In actuality Tim made me three bridges, but the first one was lost in shipment on its way here to Argentina. Excellent bridge. All parts are original apart of this bridge. After replacing the Moon bride with the Romero bridge, I noticed a considerable difference in tone. Recently purchased several bridges from Tim Purcell directly at the recommendation of a friend and first class, veteranclaw hammer banjo player/forum member. Bought this bridge for my 70's tenor banjo. I love to tinker around and experiment to get the best from all my instruments and 5 string banjos are perfect for experimenting with. He charges $20, dirt cheap for a hand crafted bridge. Many of the other bridges I've tried lost some of their pleasant, musical nature when trying to deliver more bass tones. In short, if you're looking for a bridge, I highly recommend getting one from Tim. The tone is very deep, full, with good hollowness and 'dry' sounding (no bad overtones). Steve's $30 price tag is high when you're comparing a Davis bridge to some of the other handmade bridges available from other Hangout members. Memory Book. Bart invited me to come visit him and try out a bunch of bridges for my 2013 Deering Calico. I really like the design of his bridges and the thickness is very good (they have enough mass, but not to heavy, nor to thin) The maple grain always runs nice and straight and most of them have very few growth lines in the wood (which I feel is the key to good sound transfer like a spruce top on a guitar) I would highly recommend you to try one of his bridges if haven't yet (their awesome). I could go on and on, but suffice it to say that I'm exceedingly happy and would recommend this bridge to any tenor banjo player. Recently I set the banjos head tension to 91 and this gave me the volume and snap I was looking for. I put it on a 70s GTR flathead (thick multi ply rim and likely a poor fitting pot metal tone ring). That cheap stock maple bridge came off and the roasted maple simply blew it away. What if we added a few more pieces; a better guitarist, maybe a bass? If you are needing a new bridge for your banjo, I recommend you email or call Mr Purcell in North Carolinayou wont regret it!http://www.purcell-banjo-bridges.com/. We found out later that both her mom and dad had played music professionally for years. It has served as an entree to Foxes and Fossils for people from all over the world. But David scored big on the quality of the work using Zebra. It arrived from Canada to Germany within 4 days (!). The Kateyz 3/5 Crowe spacing is the clearly the best in terms of volume and clarity up the neck. This helps to prevent sag at the top of the bridge over time.. I'm massively impressed by the note quality, the sustain remains fully in tune for the entire length of the note with no 'drop off' which is pretty amazing. First things first, what I think is fantastic banjo tone might be different than you. Based on his reputation and the fact that he makes many of his banjos with wooden rims I figured his bridge would be a safe bet. Looking for anything to do on such a dreary day, I jumped up, went downstairs to the studio and laid down a rhythm track and lead vocal. Fourth sting is clean, crispand deep voiced, and theoverall sound has to be experienced! Neither are the slots too deep or shallow. An absolute 10! We split up in our mid-twenties and went our separate ways but always remained friends. I really liked the tone I was getting with that bridge, but being the "tinkeraholic" that I am, I tried 6 or 8 other top name bridges that I had in my collection, but always went back to the Frank Neat as the best. So complete customization is only way to maximize the performance of the bridge/banjo/picker interaction. Where Purchased: Dave Cunningham directly. Scared me, every string is now balanced up and down the neck. It used to be the offending string all the time, but now that all 5 strings are on the same "level" of vibration, the tone and tuning has improved somewhat. I find it amazing sometimes that I have collected the group that I have, and that I continue to add to it. Some banjos can really benefit from this kind of experimentation. Overall Comments. In fact, the improvement in response is downright remarkable. I am also grateful that he is thinking outside the box with the slight curve of the feet and the recent Achilles heel. It cost 25$. I am pretty sure that part of his success in this design is that he creates a very slight radius on the feet to match the sag of the banjo head. But it will stay on for a while, and I am enjoying the shifts that it has brought to the instrument in terms of playability and sound. Cons - The only real con to this bridge is that I cannot use my Mike's Banjo Mute with it. it's a maple capped ebony bridge with rounded feet. A fantastic product backed up by great communication/ advice and timely shipping/ delivery. As a singer in my past years I love and envy his amazing voice. 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. Mine is cherry, with a wenge top. 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. They do not offer problems in their new state, and deliever consistant durability later in life. If you do, its likely because he has been a part of one of the most Dylan McKnight, the singer of the popular band Twenty One Pilots, has always been a little bit of an enigma. Taste is subjective but I really love Earl, J.D. Liberated Man - performed live I like his design very much. This review is for a 9/ 16" , A weight, three leg, ebony topped, mystery wood bridge with 46mm spacing. So I decided to try the "Archie" bridge. 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. All of this customer service and my favorite custom banjo bridges for a very reasonable price. Do you want to switch? Thanks, Bart. I requested a bridge that would add overtones and sustain to by super-dry RB4and after a brief exchange of information, he custom-built not one, but two bridges to try. I ordered them in the evening and got an email later that night that they would be going out within a day or two. Contribute to This Page. That said, I really believed I had "tried it all." I needed to get a new bridge for my cherry Brooks banjo. I recently purchased a Bart Veerman Archie Bridge for my arch-top banjo. Like before, good guy.great product. Now the intonation is spot-on, note separation has improved and the instrument is louder. I ordered a 5/8" bridge with Crowe spacing and received it without incident a few weeks later. I added a bit of height and went to the 44 (JD CROWE) spacing to help the comfort. Jim. I ordered two standard spaced 3/4" bridges, one Maple/Padauk and one Zebra/Katalox for the maple and two 11/16" radius bridges one Maple/Padauk and one Zebra/Katalox each with his Achilles heel. What a great bridge! I have a Zebra with Katalox bridge from David Cunningham Banjoworks. No bridge is perfect for all banjos, but this one seems to have done what I had hoped for and is a keeper. Frankly, I was skeptical as to how much a mere bridge could affect the performance of this inexpensive but boy, was I wrong! I think I emailed him about making me a bridge on Monday night and he had it in the mail on Wednesday morning. My observations are that although the bridge is somewhat smaller than the factory bridge, there is plenty of volume and the notes seem "rounder" and more "civilized", seeming to lose their hard edges. The test banjo was mahogany with gold plating, old wood rim. Not this one. Ill never go back. A simple remidy for this would be to moderately increase head tension.Overall, though, this is an excellent, excellent bridge. Gary Sosebee's manufacturing quality is excellent . 1st string slot is a little wide but not bad. Feet touch the banjo just right. Bart's Dark Star bridge is advertised as being especially good for "woodies" so I thought, "why not?" We now had four Mustangs in F and F. As time flew by, we all knew the day would come when first Maggie and then Sammie would be leaving for college. I got two standard spaced 11/16" bridges one Maple/Padauk and Zebra/Katalox. I had the extreme pleasure of hanging out a bit with Bart and trying out a few of his bridges. Sullivan makes top notch stuff and I'm a fan of most everything old so couldn't wait to try this old growth factory floor bridge (maple/ebony, uncompensated) on my 1929 Granada archtop and on my RK85. a hear a crisper note with noticeably more sustain and less drop-off as the note decays. At John Balch's suggestion, I tried the Sosebee Bosnian Maple 11/16" bridge. Again in 2008, I was honoured to have been awarded a Commanders Commendation for work in the Australian Defence Force as a former regular Army officer serving in an Army Reserve capacity. The banjo has no more intonation issues up-neck. I just have to say what an incredible difference an insignificant little piece of wood makes!! So I put on a fresh set of American Made Banjo cryo strings with the el cheapo Grover bridge I'd had on this Mutt for years, thinking it deserved no better. Thumbs up to Dave Jack for his top notch craftsmanship on this bridge. I had told Mike I wanted a "woodier" sound. Some of you may or may not like this, but I think the sustain is nice with this bridge. Join Facebook to connect with Tim Purcell and others you may know. This beech bridge is unbelievable! Hope your wife or girlfriend likes to hear you play! After a lack of sleep, Amelia snaps at Samuel and their relationship gets progressively worse, until she seriously considers ending his life. My bridge arrived in seven days. pwalker8. I really should have noticed this before buying it, but am glad I did because it does sound great. Craftmanship is as you would expect, first class. Instead of going with the same woods, I wanted to try the Teak. I specified bridge height when checking out via paypal and he had the bridge made and sent within a few days. The order is sent.You have about 3 e-mails each way to discuss what you are looking for in terms of sound and timbre. For now, they have a home. I love to tinker around and experiment to get the best from all my instruments and 5 string banjos are perfect for experimenting with. Took the harsh ring out of the 5th string, brought out the tone in the other strings. Going to get another for my open back. Would recommend to anyone looking to try a new bridge at a very reasonable price. I was looking for a high quality bridge for my new Pisgah Possum banjo. I am looking forward to getting some more of his bridges for my other banjos. After the installation, there was almost no tonal difference, but during the next three days and 13+/- hours of picking, the sound became more opulent and complex, but still very dry with strong note separation. In short order the bridges arrived and I was impressed and pleased with the materials and precision design and workmanship. Ordering: Barts order form asks a number of detailed questions about your banjo to ensure the bridge you order best matches your instrument. people learn more about others, just like Yelp does for Could just be I got a turkey, a bad slice of wood, who knows, but I'm very disappointed in the one I purchased and cannot recommend that anyone else even try these out for size. Not a major improvement over the other bridge I had installed, but has a much cleaner tone. ), and it gives me that "early jazz" sound - it seems to me (subjectively at least) that the two-footers are a little more hollow and punchy-sounding than the three-footers. The Road to Forever - co-written with Jim Fallon to try it out in the meantime. And how often do you change a bridge. The factory bridge is very good, and I had preferred it that to all other bridges I had - except I wanted to shorter bridge (factory was 11/16"). Have fun. And there is no comparison to any straight bridge. Do yourself a favor. spend the very minute amount of money on these the difference they made is priceless. Noticed a big difference over the generic bridges I was using before. I'm sure he could send it unslotted if the buyer preferred. And no aluminium jangle - how can that be? I am very, very happy with Barts Bridge. Tim's bridges sound great. Kerry will send you one and you don't have to pay for it unless you decide to keep it. Silvio uses more ebony across the top than most bridge manufacturers, yet the feet are razor thin and efficiently transfer the sound to the head - no dullness whatsoever, and the bass response is fantastic. Choose height, spacing, wood type, compensation, etc. Great job! Very happy with the entire transaction.. thanks. The OMEhas always had plenty of volume, but the difference in the quality of tone and mostly the clarity of each note was nothing short of amazing. Thanks Bart! They bring out the best tone in all the banjos I own and have sold. The bridges I have tried have been great but none gave me the note separation, clarity, perfect amount of decay, tone, voice and volume that David's bridges have.a total package in every catagory. The new smile bridge increased my volume, which I really didn't need. After 3-4 weeks, the banjo has added plunk and punch and is better able to hold its own in a jam. Thanks again Bart! Ive wanted one of Barts bridges for a while now, so I was curious to see what he might suggest for me. Brighter, crisper tone towards the bridge and mellow but resonant tones towards the neck. I got one of the Zebra wood/ Ebony bridges. This is the second Mystery Wood Bridge I bought, the first was a solid mystery wood bridge and it is fine for my newer brighter banjo but I needed a bridge for an older Celebrated Benary Open back that I have. I had heard (and read) some good topics on how the Purcell bridges are really great and things like that, so I decided to try one for myself. put this bridge on japanese made (late 70's) iida model 235-1. banjo looks exactly like goldstarFE100. Too, Tim is a responsive and friendly BHO member to deal with during the purchase process. I eventually went back to light gauge and now play into a mike with our band.But now I have this Sosebee 5/8", std. I'm using it on a 12" Ramsey open back with a rolled brass tone ring and a John Balch skin head. Thank you. !.go figure! Must have something to do with that beech wood he landed not long ago. Not all bridges are THE ONE, because not all deliver the ENTIRE spectrum of satisfaction! I now play a Cedar Mountain with a 12 inch pot. The action can be raised or lowered by simply and quickly moving the strings to one of the three heights and they require a minimum of re-tuning in the new location. Ordered from Ebay, a 1/2 Red Maple top bridge. and is just wonderfully melodic. The Kateyz arrived in in a neat little plastic foam lined box all marked up with serial number and specs. I would recommend this bridge to anyone who likes the Roasted sound as mentioned on BHO threads. I had hopes that it would take my already great sounding Hatfield to the next level. I would say there were fewer overtones and the notes were slightly "punchier.". The wood is Afromosia and the top is katalox.I was very surprised when I put it on and tuned up,there was no waiting time for it to break in,sounded great right away! Very nice tone. The Bales just loved the Maple/Padauk. Really sounds great..I get so many compliments on, Very, verywell done. I have tried many of them. Rounding out the first incarnation of F and F was my Mustangs bandmate and close friend Scott King. The banjo in question, a nice RK-50, showed itself not really suited for clawhammering when I first purchased it. The old birch has even more bass. That is why I went searching for heavy bridges with an added wider string spacing for easier drop-thumbing and found Bart's page. I could still live with the two other excellent bridges I have used until now but this new bridge has added something to the sound of my banjo that makes me want to play more often. He is passionate about telecommunications and innovation is a strong advocate to have during this critical phase of product development. Especially on a Huber. What Clarity and Power! Maybe I have been playing bass too long but since I went back to the banjo in a serious way, I found myself bothered by things that never bothered me before such as shrill treble notes and a D string that was not as bassy as I would like. Helplessly Hoping was also recorded that night. The conventional maple/ebony bridge that I had on it (also a fine bridge, but more suited to a Mastertone-type banjo) sounds muddy. FYI, I'm currently using 10.5 11.5 13 20 10.5. I bought the AmbrosiaRed Maple. What information about Samantha are you looking for? The note separation and clarity is phenomenal, not to mention the cool PW two-legged heart shape. I also found that when his bridge is set right, the worst string would be about two cents off on intonation. Increased volume and improved tone on Deering Hartford. I have had 6 bridges total from David and all have been excellent. It's exactly as advertised. I won a bridge from Tim here on the hangout. It features 3 shallow feet and a hole beneath each string. Don't be affraid to pick it hard for the first few days, either. I am really pleased with the bridge. If he makes this bridge look and sound like it does I can imagine how his banjos look!I fully recommend his bridges and he was a pleasure to deal with. A fewmonths ago, I bought a Bart Veerman Dark Star bridge from Janet Davis. ! They both looked at me like I was crazy.

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