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Dave Baley
 Post subject: claw hammer bridge?
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My brother, who owns the guitar and who sent me the pic, described it as "someone used the claw end of a hammer on it".
I like what looks to be a dry wall screw holding the whole thing down.


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That's ONE way to avoid doing a neck reset....
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I'm impressed! They took the time to countersink the screw. :lol:
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Now that's redneckery. I had no idea that you could shave a bridge with a Blunderbuss?
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i think they used a stump grinder...
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The saddle has an interesting dish shaped radius as well.

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At least the bridge pins don't match. I'd be very disappointed to see a complete set on that bridge
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I think a bridge like that needs to have a limberjack mounted on it so he would dance on the top while you play.

Either that or glue a troll on it.

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laughing6-hehe I thought this thread was going to be about banjo bridges. I like it. Makes me want to try incorporating split wood surfaces into my guitars, rather than having everything all flat and boring :lol:

He could probably shave most of the lower bout bracing out of that guitar with such low bridge torque. Might not sound too bad :)
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This is from a 1940 Martin 0-17 than I plan to restore eventually. Who needs a saddle anyways!? laughing6-hehe
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