Hi, I’ll preface by saying I’m not a luthier. I’ve built a couple of guitars and a Uke and done a few guitar repairs. I am a retired woodworker. My friend and guitar mentor asked me to look at one of his collection which he recently strung up after it had been hanging on his wall for years. It’s a featherweight Tilton improvement. It plays surprisingly nice. Clearly it originally had an endpiece evidently one patented by Tilton. It may or may not have had an additional bridge. It now sports a cracked and peeling bridge which is pinned down. I can’t see or get to the underside, don’t know if there’s a bridge plate . So what’s the best way to repair or replace the bridge? I can picture removing the strings and pulling the bridge together working glue underneath, putting gentle pressure down, maybe with gobars? Or making removing the cracked bridge and replacing it but the lack of ability to get to the inside makes me worry i wouldn’t be able to get enough clamping pressure. I guess another approach would be to get some kind of replacement endpiece and move on from there. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks,
David
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