I have an Eastman 615 (F style)with a cracked bridge saddle. I have replaced it temporarily, but I like everything about the mandolin except the bridge. I noticed that it is a lot thinner than Gibson bridges, and that the bridge saddle on my instrument tends to lean toward the fingerboard and is hard to keep straight (vertical). This was so with both saddles.
I would like to replace the bridge with a good Gibson style replacement, but first I was wondering if there were an acoustic reacson that Eastman uses such a skinny brdge. Would a thicker Gibson style bridge affect the sound in any way?
One other question: Is there really any significant functional difference between the $18 generic bridges from StewMac, and the $50 bridges I see offered? Any recommendations as to the optimum bridge to put on this mandolin?
I tried to get an answer from Eastman, but no luck so far.
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