BridgeMagic© is a simple and effective device, designed to fix and prevent common bridge related problems such as "bellying", bridge tilt, and bridge lift in cross-braced steel string acoustic guitars.
BridgeMagic© extends the playing life and improves the playability of acoustic guitars by counteracting the effects of string tension on the bridge area over time.
BridgeMagic© was invented in Aotearoa by Neale Conrad Brown and was born of a dream to save every guitar savable.
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Diagnosing Your Guitar
The majority of commercially built steel string acoustic guitars in the world are flat tops. With that said, there are plenty of acoustics that are not. Many, especially higher-end, acoustic guitars are built with a purposely convex top. This is obviously not something to be remedied!
If you are unsure if your guitar has a bellied top or a purpose built convex top, get expert advice before installing a BridgeMagic©.
Checking to see if a BridgeMagic© will help your guitar is easy. Putting a straight edge across the lower bout of your guitar just below the bridge will show you how much your guitar top has bellied, if it has. Holding your guitar at eye level and looking across the top in the same place will also demonstrate a bellied effect.
Bridge lift and bridge tilt can also be remedied using a BridgeMagic© and the device will stop it from happening in the future once installed. There are many different ways this can happen and many different symptoms and effects it can have, so diagnosis by a luthier or guitar technician is recommended.