How would a Randy Woods bridge compare to a Cumberland Acoustic?

[meado]

I have a Loar 500 and was looking into upgrading the bridge. Opinions on the Randy Woods model?

[Mike Bunting]

They are fine.

[Marty Jacobson]

They are fine.

And Crusher is a pretty good mandolin. :-)

[mandroid]

Given It's March, maybe we need to set up Bridge play off brackets..

[Gail Hester]

I use both. Very fine quality on average and it's not worth time comparing them, IMHO.

[Mike Bunting]

And Crusher is a pretty good mandolin. :-)

How would it compare to a The Loar 500?

[meado]

I took my mandolin down to Randy Woods' shop earlier this week and had the bridge installed. The store is pretty amazing. Great mandolins, acoustic guitars and some very nice electric guitars as well. Great staff too. The improvement with the new bridge was definitely worth the outlay. The tone is more balanced across all of the strings and the setup made the instrument more lively. Being new to the mandolin community, I really appreciated them letting me handle some upper end mandos. I wanted to know how my Loar 500 compared to the top end instruments. I'm very content with my Loar for now, but there is just something so special about the feel and workmanship of the "upper crust."

And bonus for me..he's also an authorized repair center for Martin. I'll be bringing down my '67 D-21 for some repairs in the near future.

[dannyd0ne]

mr bunting i have a very good friend who plays guitar also played in my band for a little while his name is Lukester Bunting i was just wondering if there might be some relations somewhere along the line?

[Mike Bunting]

mr bunting i have a very good friend who plays guitar also played in my band for a little while his name is Lukester Bunting i was just wondering if there might be some relations somewhere along the line?

I don't think so. I grew up in Ontario, Canada and my dad came there from England as a child. He had a sister that I never met who moved to California in the 1930's but if she had any children they would have her married name. I know there are a few Buntings down there though. I don't think the name is uncommon in Britain as it seems to be on this side of the pond. I discovered The Bunting Society in England for people with this name. I don't know what they do, sit around and talk about their name I guess. Anyhow, if there were a connection, it be from along time ago.\
Sorry for the lack of mando content.

[f5loar]

This is a good example of just how important a good bridge and nut set up can be even on the lower end models. The majority of these new imports just don't have the bridges set to the body cruve correctly. Randy Wood is one of the best and good to hear he did a good job for you on this mandolin.