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I cut the string slots in the sympathetic bridge. I'm using the edge of the vise to give me an even angle for cutting all the slots.


And (what I thought) was the finished bridge. Here I've added graphite to the grooves so that they would show up better in the picture. I've also scraped and filed all of the edges to make them rounder.


Testing out the "buzz" effect on the existing tele. I know the intonation will be way off with it here right over the bridge pickup, I just want to hear if it buzzes nicely acoustically. Unfortunately, it didn't. Perhaps the delrin is too soft.


So as another experiment, I have a pile of solid brass foot pedals I pulled out of the dumpster when I worked at ENSONIQ. Someone thought brass would look the best (which it does), but solid brass is too soft, and people were actually bending the pedals when they stepped on them. So they threw all remaining stock of solid brass pedals out. They build that particular model with brass plated pedals after that. I figured that one day, I would find a use for these. Wedging it against the strings, it give me the EXACT buzz I'm looking for. Brass is my material of choice.