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Location: Nashville TN. | Seems to be that strings kinda wore away some of the wood on the bridge. Anyone else have this happen?
Is there a fix short of replacing the bridge? |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | If the bridge is that far gone, try slipping the string through a tiny washer before threading it through the bridge. Never had that problem though - seems unusual.
I was tempted to suggest string tubes.... |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Sorry, slow network - double post. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | PEZ,
I haven't seen an issue like you state. Any pics? |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Here it is
http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc285/pezcleo/?action=view&curre...
Low a little piece of a shime keeping from
going all the way in.
A string in in kinda far.
as is the G string |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | I'm not sure if this will aid you temporarily, but...
How 'bout aligning the ball ends openings and putting an ol' low E string, cut to length, thru 'em. That may help a bit until you get better info from the 'pros' here.  |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Small washers.
Fixed! |
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Location: London, UK | Stiff wire through the 6 ball ends. Pros: May improve sustain and give a brighter tone. Cons: difficult to change out a single string.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Go to the artsy-craftsy store and get some little beads...
And then do the nylon-string trick with your steel-string ball-end.
That will make the ends larger, plus lessen the wear until you figure-out a Real repair.
Hope that helps! (It is really late/early here... :eek: ) |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by sypolog:
Pros: May improve sustain and give a brighter tone. How? |
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Location: London, UK | Don't know. Could be physics, could be BS.
I'd be interested to know if anyone else tries it. Note the wire extends a little wider the strings to make good contact with the bridge as well as all the ball ends.
You'll be ripping out those string tubes... ;) |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | String tubes are made to be removed after the string is threaded through the bridge. If you leave them on permanently you get buzzing. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Sypalog,
I love it!
More believable than String Tubes (patent pending) and quite eloquent.
You can also dab some Cyano Glue in the area to Polymerize the wood. |
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Location: kansas | maybe you could drill out the string holes and add Telecaster-String-Ferrules:
http://pics.drumza.com/pic/Fender-Original-Telecaster-String-Ferrul... |
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ball end wears out bridge opening?