Need advice, and wonder if anyone one else ever had their bridge to sage in the middle if so is this normal or if not, what needs to be done to make it right.
Sagging bridge
I (thankfully) haven’t run into that. Got a picture?
sounds like your head is to loose or the bridge might need changing
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Yes, please post a pic! I would imagine your head is loose, as the wood shouldn’t bend/sag.
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Sorry I am new to all this, could you tell me how to go about posting a picture?
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Sure! Just take a photo with your phone and get it to the device you access the forum with. Then, begin a comment like you’ve done above and click the up arrow “upload” icon:
Then drag and drop your picture file there and click “upload”. As long as the image isn’t too big, it should upload and you can include it in your comment.
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Okay Thanks BB.
This bridge was on it when I bought it, it has no name on it and it tilts back just a bit even though the footings are flat on the head I don’t think Stelling put this kind of bridge on there banjos when they built them or did they?
Honestly doesn’t look bad to me. I don’t know if you have a drum dial?
If you haven’t tightened your head in a while, it most likely needs it.
Yes, the bridge is supposed to look like it tilts back a bit, toward the tailpiece. That’s to create a sharper angle for the strings to cross as they go toward the tailpiece.
Okay I have a drum dial that I purchased from your store and I have the head set at 90 by it now, I will tighten it up a little more, I want to thank you and everyone else for all y’all’s help and hope all of y’all have a great weekend 
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I usually have mine 90-92, so you don’t have much to go. If I were you I’d try another bridge just for the fun of it. Try the Huber, Dotson, or Snuffy Smith.
Okay I will put it on 92 I been wanting to try one of Snuffy Smith with the JD spacing, then I may just try all three, thanks for everything and I just want to say, I love your website and the way you’re teaching and it has really help me and has really put the eagerness back into me to pick again wish I had this when I was younger Thanks my friend,
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Just a suggestion, but you’d be doing yourself a favor to try out a Tim Purcell. Each one I’ve bought (actually my first one came on a used banjo) has made a dramatic improvement on tone, loudness, note separation etc. They sound to me like the banjo notes you hear in your brain of how a banjo is supposed to sound. I tried that first one on my other banjos, grich Earl, 04 Granada and a walnut Hatfield and I just kept saying out loud, “wow”on each one of them. Oh, and waiting for another one to arrive for a rarely played Calico. And yes they even improve a Deering. Tim will work with you and build one to your specs. I just send him an email with the height, string spacing and of a general weight. I let him choose the specific maple wood from the many different ones that he offers. They cost less than most other premium bridges, and I have most all of them in a drawer, not on a banjo.
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Almost forgot, Tim also compensates his bridges feet
Thanks for the info, I pull up Tim yep he’s got some good sounding bridges.