An unhappy surprise

GAD

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• Aug 9, 2019

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Finally got to working on my X160 and when I pulled the strings off, found this under the bridge:

The good news is that the guitar looks and sounds fabulous after returning it to having HB1s:

 

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Oh man, extreme bummer!! :apologetic:

 

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• Aug 9, 2019

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You can put a wrap-around tailpiece on it!

That's a beautiful guitar!

 

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dang, bummer. but nevertheless a great guitar!
+ you now can easily install a piezo bridge.

 

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• Aug 9, 2019

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Never seen anyone pin a bridge with lead anchors before.

 

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They're "Tone holes"!

 

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The Guilds of Grot said:

They're "Tone holes"!

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LMAO!

walrus

 

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• Aug 9, 2019

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krysh said:

dang, bummer. but nevertheless a great guitar!
+ you now can easily install a piezo bridge.

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krysh, GAD, just curious, but do you think that's what the holes were originally for (a piezo pickup)? Or, do you think a bridge was bolted on there? I was wondering why two holes would've been drilled.

Oh, and GAD, that's too bad about the holes, but yeah... at least the bridge covers them. You might want to consider plugging those, but I'm not sure it matters.

 

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• Aug 9, 2019

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chazmo said:

krysh, GAD, just curious, but do you think that's what the holes were originally for (a piezo pickup)?

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Tune-a-matic studs?

 

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GGJaguar said:

Tune-a-matic studs?

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Yes.

Ralf

 

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• Aug 9, 2019

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More likely bushings to support such a contraption:

 

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Regardless it is still a beautiful guitar

 

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You can use big pins to pin the bridge!

 

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• Aug 13, 2019

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Man, those look really cleanly drilled. Since the Bigsby + wooden bridge seems an unlikely factory combo, do you think there's any chance this originally had a Muller bridge or some other bushing-mounted '80s T-o-M-alike?