Maple and Ebony

These excellent sounding bridges are hand made by Mike Smith from hard rock maple recovered from the bottom of Lake Superior and surrounding rivers. The acoustic properties of this wood are excellent and are now starting to be understood by Luthiers and instrument makers worldwide.

The age of the wood is from approximately 300 to 1200 years old! It is possible that the wood in some of these bridges was a living tree when Christopher Columbus landed on our eastern shores in 1492! I think that's a great piece of history.

The design of this bridge, which Mike developed 11 years ago, makes for a very strong bridge which virtually eliminates sagging from string pressure and/or a loose head. This design transmits sound very well.

The tone from these bridges is a clear, full rich sound that brings out all the sound that your banjo has hidden inside. Lows, Mids and Highs all will be enhanced along with Clarity and Sustain. Volume up the neck will be evident.

The Kat Eyz pegged bridge is designed to let the string vibrations pass through the bridge without having to penetrate thru a solid glue line associated with a bridge that has a glued on cap wood.  The two outside edges where the maple and ebony meet are precisely marriaged  and each peg hole has a pin drop of glue. There is no glue under the string slots for the vibrations to pass through which gives the string vibrations a clear path through the bridge to the rest of the banjo pot assembly producing a clean, clear vibrant tone.