Well, I finally have the prototype. It is cut from solid brass bar stock. Fully adjustable height and intonation. The travel distance on the saddle is about 3/8". Spacing on center is 7/16" which matches all my other bridges. I haven't made any plans on nickel chrome plating them as I will need to take the thickness of the chrome into consideration for the holes and those are just big enough as I was quite concerned about the risk of buzzing with so many small parts. The saddle rides along the bottom of the channel so there is no risk of it tilting side to side. The saddles also come unslotted so the bridge can be used as four string or eight string. I also have a five string version which I guess could be converted to a 10 string. Also, the hole in the center of the stop tailpiece will not be there in future runs. That just marked the center point when setting up the jig.
Right about now I suspect Chris and Matt are doing a jig as this was the only thing holding up their instruments from being assembled and shipped.
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