L-00 Neck angle geometry

[phavriluk]

John, can you expand your comment? I'd love to get an idea of what Gibson (does? did?) that allowed a guitar to be built with the neck joining the body at 90 degrees with enough string rise at the saddle.

Thanks.

[Stray Feathers]

Well, I learned something about old Gibson bridges: They were tapered from 1/4" at the treble end to 5/16" at the bass end. This left the saddle quite high at the treble end. This link explains it, with a helpful photo:

https://forum.gibson.com/topic/125133-s ... cing-l-00/

[tippie53]

on the L2 and L00 they develop quite an arch and they use a typical 1 by 6 rectangular bridge but on others like the J50 the bridge is not radiused the are flat across the top. The L2 and 00 are about 220 wide at the base and taper to 187 to the out side.

[Bark_Man]

Tippie53, Stray Feathers and Phavriluk,
Your input is greatly appreciated. you have all clarified for me how to move forward.
I cant thank you all enough! Its looking good so far and want this to play better than it looks....
--Mike

[tippie53]

thats why we have this forum to help others learn from the mistakes we made. LOL

[phavriluk]

Tippie53, Stray Feathers and Phavriluk,
Your input is greatly appreciated. you have all clarified for me how to move forward.
I cant thank you all enough! Its looking good so far and want this to play better than it looks....
--Mike

Thank you for the kind comments.

[tippie53]

you are most welcome that is what this forum is all about
Helping and sharing information