I just reread through this thread - what a story! With a happy ending it seems!
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Just in case you start gettin' itchy: He's mentioned before he prefers to be contacted at his website because his mailbox here fills up all the time.Right. I forgot about ol' Hans. He has hooked me up before and will eventually read this.
Just read through the thread. Glad this turned out well, and looking forward to pictures.
I was encouraged to find Guild sells a bridge for the F20, specifically GAD model, which is pretty much the replacement I would need should my cracked one fail. However, I'm puzzled by the dimensions in their description, which is listed as 8 X 4 X 1. Mine is 6" long with 1" wide tails and an inch and a quarter belly, more or less. Am I missing something?
You're right on top of it, man. According to the helpful rep I just spoke to, there's some befuddled info on there that someone will get back to me on. The pkg size is 8X4X1 as you suggested. My bridge slot isn't a drop in so I think that issue is correct. Pretty sure my bridge is orig. The neck block is stamped 3036 which is probably '69. The GAD bridge might be an OK substitute but the two details you raise are vital, string spacing and slot position.
Big thanks for tuning me in.
Thanks. I see F20 on your guitar herd list. What's your preferred string choice? As for photos...ha ha, it looks just like it did in the Reverb listing, except w/o the pick guard. Thankfully, there isn't any fade out over where the guard was, just a faint outline of the orig guard. Looks like a bit of dirt that wasn't sanded out before being sprayed. I'll tend to it later, when I get to that NGD player saturation point.
And the bridge size & shape seems to be the perfect match - just beautiful.