Timbuck
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I wasnt happy with a bridge I recently fitted..it was 1mm off the centre line of the fretboard.. not a lot! but the more I looked at it the worse it seemed to be..so in the end I decided to replace it.
And while I was at it I decided to take a few pictures of the method i used. just in case some new starters need to do the same one day.
First I masked off the area with some card material (cornflake box will do quite well) and then I sliced off the old bridge with a Stanley Fatmax Dowell saw.
Bridge sawn off leaving about 1mm of material still to remove
Then with the aid of a biggish soldering iron I found at a "Car Boot sale" a few years ago I heated up one end of the remainder of the bridge material.
Now i'm carefully lifting up the heated end of the sliver with a 1/2"chisel I then proceed like this till it's all come away from the body.
Ready for new Bridge.
And while I was at it I decided to take a few pictures of the method i used. just in case some new starters need to do the same one day.
First I masked off the area with some card material (cornflake box will do quite well) and then I sliced off the old bridge with a Stanley Fatmax Dowell saw.
Bridge sawn off leaving about 1mm of material still to remove
Then with the aid of a biggish soldering iron I found at a "Car Boot sale" a few years ago I heated up one end of the remainder of the bridge material.
Now i'm carefully lifting up the heated end of the sliver with a 1/2"chisel I then proceed like this till it's all come away from the body.
Ready for new Bridge.
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