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Location: Taichung, Taiwan | No, I'm not talking benching the Brooklyn. A friend has an inexpensive guitar and the bridge is lifting up some. It hasn't come off yet. It is not an expensive guitar. We are in Asia so think a common Asian wood box.
I'm thinking of putting some good Tightbond glue in the space while the strings are on, then quickly taking the strings off and clamping it. Then maybe a couple of small bolts to keep it down, if i can find some dots to cover the bolts.
Is there any reason to go through the hassle taking the whole bridge off first then gluing it back on? If this was a nice guitar i wouldn't be messing with it, but i figure at this point i can't really hurt it...or can i?
Any suggestions or alternate procedures? |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | A common Asian wood box... you've got nothing to lose except half a tube of Tightbond.
Go for it. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Ah, the common asian wood box. They seem to have spread right across the world now, just like the noisy miner and the starling. |
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Location: Taichung, Taiwan | I smuggled that Titebond into the country taking up valuable luggage space. I don't plan on using much more than a quarter of it on this job.
I noticed i misspelled the stuff on my original post. They spell it the way it sounds and not by the "rules". I wish I could get away with spelling things the way they sound more often!
As for the common Asian wood box, once they no longer can fulfill their function of giving us poor folk a chance to make a little music, we can nail them to a tree as a nesting site for starlings! |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Titebond - yes!
Avoid the Bolts but if you must use machine threaded Stainless steel Flat Head Cross Head with oversized washers on the inside. Small diameter bolts and a recessed hole that can be covered by a Fretboard type of Abalone or MoP dot. |
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a little Bridge Lifting