I was at Carter Vintage yesterday and I must have played ~25 mandos, and looked at dozens of others.
It seemed that about 40-50% of all mandolins in there -- even brand-new F5s -- were using full-contact bridges. Plenty still had the standard Loar-style bridge with two distinct feet, but even some of those looked like they had been fitted down to where there was almost zero daylight.
Are builders and repairmen moving to full-contact to alleviate top sinkage? Increase tone? Volume? Or was this just a fluke?
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