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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | So what do you call the little black bar on the carved Adamas bridges that the strings pass through? Anyway, whatever it's called, I need one for a 12-string. Any of you BFLG folks got a spare? Thanks! |
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Location: Upper Left USA | That part is not supposed to come out!
Or break!
I think its made of carbon re-inforced fiber stuff and likely only available from Mother.
Mother is away for the Holidays...
Post a photo of what is broken and we may have a work around. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | I don't have the guitar here. A friend of mine emailed me about it. He said half of it broke (the bass side) and the other half is still seated and firmly attatched. I imagine he'll have to rout it out and then glue in a new one if I can get one for him. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | ain't an easy fix |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Yeah, I found that out. It seems the new ones are wider because the old ones tended to break. (This is the first one I ever heard of that happening to.) Also, it is a T-shaped piece so the entire bridge would need to be replaced, and I guess it's really hard to get the bridge off of the carbon fiber. I suggested he send it back to the factory but he thinks he can find a local luthier to do the job. (Good luck with that!)
It kind of ticks me off about this guy. He went from humid Connecticut to the Arizona desert with his guitars and never even considered humidifying them. His Taylor wound up in the trash (where it belongs  ) and although I can't be sure dryness is what caused this thing to break on his Adamas, I'm sure the dryness didn't help.
And he should KNOW better! He's been around guitars all his life and even worked in a factory we all know and love! Oh well... |
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12-string Adamas part needed