curt
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Russell, I'm curious why your repair person took that approach. The bridge is attached with animal glue and will pop off with a little heat.
Many cats, many ways to skin them.
Many cats, many ways to skin them.
On the other hand, let's plan to stay away from burning bridges, :wink:taabru45 said:I like this forum....making friends, learning a lot and building bridges.....how cool is that :?: Steffan
That caught my eye because that's what our member Kostask swore by as being the best thing available that was the most likely to contain NO PETROLEUM DISTILLATES.Dr Izza Plumber said:FWIW: He also said to start using walnut oil (or similar) on the bridges and fingerboards of all My gits, and that will help to prevent cracking/splitting.
curt said:Good news, you're welcome and looks like you've found a brilliant guitar repair guy!
In fact that's exactly what I was gonna do, since that'll be guaranteed pure, and if you can't use it all on your guitars, at least you can cook or make sald dressinf with what's left over. Seroiusly.Dr Izza Plumber said:Tomorrow, hopefully, I will generously oil the bridge, though I haven't found any walnut oil yet.curt said:Good news, you're welcome and looks like you've found a brilliant guitar repair guy!
I'm thinking go to the health food store.
That makes a lot of sense.Dr Izza Plumber said:I've been told not to use food grade walnut oil, as it will go rancid, and stink up the guitar.
There are a few furniture grade walnut oils for sale, and that stuff is boiled so it will not spoil.
It's used for treating wood bowls, wood cutting boards, yadda....
West R Lee said:Hey Dave.....two things. Those cracks are caused by mashing the pins in too tightly, and secondly, Scratch's repairman Ross can do a fix that you will NOT be able to see. It will look like a new bridge, and it's not expensive. Ross will take ebony or rosewood sawdust, mix it with glue and fill the cracks.....you'll never know they're there. He's made the same repair for me.
West