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Where can I find for year 1968 Serial AJ2034. Looking for bridge from that area to match foot print.
Hello Guild Player Robt1,Where can I find for year 1968 Serial AJ2034. Looking for bridge from that area to match foot print.
Thank you. My luthier said Guild offers a bridge that is 1 inch shorter than original . Looking for a rosewood bridge that would have same footprint. I couldn't get through to Hans, his website is not functioning.Hans helped me out with my 70 D 35, but any good repair person can make you one. An original will be Brazilian though.
Thank you: I did go to mousthans@gmail.com, but site didn't reveal any way to contact or converse. I might be missing something. any idea would be welcome.On Hans’s website under ‘contact’, he has a note as to what email address to use to contact him.
Thank you: I did go to mousthans@gmail.com, but site didn't reveal any way to contact or converse. I might be missing something. any idea would be
PS: Heath Thank You for respondingThank you: I did go to mousthans@gmail.com, but site didn't reveal any way to contact or converse. I might be missing something. any idea would be welcome.
Hans. Hello I went to your site mousthans@ gmail.com, but could not find a way to converse with you. Please helpHello Guild Player Robt1,
Welcome! May be able to help you out , but there are some variables. Just get back with me through my website and we'll figure it out.
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl
That’s an email address, not a website. I’d send him an email to the mousthans@ Gmail.com (eliminating the space I added) address.Hans. Hello I went to your site mousthans@ gmail.com, but could not find a way to converse with you. Please help
Hi Robert welcome aboard.Hans. Hello I went to your site mousthans@ gmail.com, but could not find a way to converse with you. Please help
... so enter your name and contact info and the message re the D40 bridge in the "message" box and give him a little time as he has a regular luthier business as well as answering questions at his site and here.
Thank You. I can't believe I confused the two. very good catch. embarrassed ten fold. Thank You again.That’s an email address, not a website. I’d send him an email to the mousthans@ Gmail.com (eliminating the space I added) address.
Yes, thanks for the info.Hi Robert welcome aboard.
I assume you got that contact info on his Guitars Galore website, and that gmail address shows up under "Contact".
Understand that's not a "live chat" site, it's a regular email exchange, so enter your name and contact info and the message re the D40 bridge in the "message" box and give him a little time as he has a regular luthier business as well as answering questions at his site and here.
If you want a genuine replacement or the closest thing to it, he's the best place to start. IIRC '68 was a transition year from a "through-slot" to a "drop-in saddle" style bridge, that's one of the variables he mentioned, I think, and the outline may have changed sightly. Hans is the guy who knows enough to ask those kinds of questions.
Do NOT bother with Guild/Oxnard re spare parts, they have nothing from that time period, not even documentation. Saw an instance a couple of years ago where a member ordered a replacement bridge for his (imported) GAD F150ce and they sent him something that had incorrect pin spacing, twice, because they weren't aware of the subtle differences between the bridges for the 2 different gens of GAD's let alone the domestic builds.
And like Br1ck says, if your luthier doesn't want to consider making a new one using your old one for a template, maybe you should consider finding someone with a little better skill set.
It occurs to me that maybe he's just trying to save you the extra expense, but then it occurs to me he ought to know better than to offer a smaller outline than yours, and that something else probably won't be right in addition to the size, like the afore-mentioned pin spacing.
In any case "shorter" means less mass, and proper bridge mass is important in getting the top moving. He should know that. Otherwise he's just a repair tech not a luthier, and a '68 D40 deserves better.
Hope that helps.
Note Ralf corrected me about using his site, apparently the "contact" function isn't working right now. The email address should be good.Yes, thanks for the info.