Tru-arc bridge

[Norm]

FWIW
The guy who wrote the book about the 6120 had no idea how the bar bridge came about.


It is very likely that Chet pitched the idea of the Gretsch bar bridge to the metal shop at the Brooklyn factory looking for comfort and sustain. They made a lot of their metal parts in-house back in the day and since the bar bridge as we know it first appeared on the 6120 it is probably Chet inspired.

Simple logic.

[Norm]

Classic, well loved picture of Chet w/D'Angelico

http://www.williesimpson.com/

You can see he clearly has some sort of round metal bridge on the guitar. I think it's one of those "While you're at it why don't we make me a bridge like I had on my D'Angelico?"

Piece of cake. Brass rod, drill two holes, maybe radius it a little machine some grooves in it! Voila! No more buying Bigsby bridges!