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| Author: | Woodie G [ Sun Aug 05, 2018 6:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Some Days Are Diamonds... |
I am not much of a John Denver fan, but I think he had the gist of it in that lyric. After the first five minutes on a 1967 J-50 that is getting a reset, new bridge, and a pickguard redo, I was firmly in the diamond camp...after the two bridge nuts were loosened, the bridge started wiggling around like the tail end of the boss's black lab/rottie cross when guests come calling. Ten minutes from clipping the strings, the bridge was off and the hardware out. Things were looking good. Attachment: J50Bridge01.jpg Attachment: J50Bridge02.jpg Attachment: J50Bridge03.jpg Or so it seemed. An hour later, the pickguard that had come off so readily was finally clean and the patch was scraped down to lacquer. Three different adhesives had been used at various times to keep the guard on, including transfer adhesive, Titebond, and - wait for it - epoxy! If it was just the standard Titebond and peel'n'stick, that would have been fine, but the careful scraping to get the epoxy off burned up the clock and a bunch of razor blades. Attachment: J50Guard01.jpg Attachment: J50Guard02.jpg The afternoon was definitely looking a bit more stone-like. The neck blanket had just started heating up when I saw the extension pop off...probably just a dab of glue holding things in place. The neck took a few minutes of steam to release for 15 minutes total to get the neck off...not bad for a Gibson. More diamond-like, but that hour on the pickguard still stung. |
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| Author: | truckjohn [ Sun Aug 05, 2018 11:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Some Days Are Diamonds... |
I know that's the factory bridge and all.... Collectible in factory condition.... Blah blah.... I sure hope part of the order is to jettison the 30 lbs of factory ironwork under the bridge for a regular bridge like it's supposed to have.... Because let's be honest.... Sometimes you wish the fellows at the factory did *Not* listen to The Good Idea Fairy.... |
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| Author: | Colin North [ Mon Aug 06, 2018 4:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Some Days Are Diamonds... |
Never mind Woodie. 2 out of 3 ain't too shabby. |
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| Author: | Woodie G [ Mon Aug 06, 2018 5:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Some Days Are Diamonds... |
We have a smallish Brazilian rosewood bridge blank that will do, and is close enough to the fretboard in appearance to look like it might have been on the instrument as original equipment. I finished the day with cutting and plugging the hardware holes in the top, so no turning back! Always fun to have a customer that dreads the loss of originality to their 2017 Taylor 110 due to adding a K&K pickup or changing strings. |
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| Author: | Clinchriver [ Mon Aug 06, 2018 5:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Some Days Are Diamonds... |
Looks like a fun project, I recently had a similar job, 1968 J-45/50 loose bridge, refret, new bone nut and saddle. got rid of the adjustable hardware. i lucked into a piece of rosewood that matched the original. My Collins saddle mill routed a perfect slot in the correct position. |
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