I’m looking to find out what type / brand of bridges would have come on the Fairbanks by Vega Tubaphone 5 strings. Specifically, a 1914 (11-ish
pot) and a 1920 (12-ish pot).Thanks for any insight!
Mike
And more specifically, your banjo would have been strung with very light gut strings. The catalogs specify "true strings" which means that they were rectified gut.
These are the Bacon "never slip" from the page above. Note that the feed are covered in emery.
Thanks Joel,
One has a Neverslip and I just got in a set of gut strings from Boston. I have a couple of your Morley bridges. Would they be a proper substitute for the modern bridge on the “newer” Fairbanks?
Like the prices!! LOL
I'm not sure when John Alvey Turner first put those on the market, but it was pretty late/early to mid 20th century.
That said they sound great and would work fine. But the aesthetic is not "correct" if you are attempting "historical accuracy."
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