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PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 6:19 pm 
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Anyone remember this one? I was going through an old book shelf and came across this one. I think I got this at LMI in around 1990. I love the bit about removing the bridge and I will vouch for it, it works ;)

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jfmckenna wrote:
Anyone remember this one? I was going through an old book shelf and came across this one. I think I got this at LMI in around 1990. I love the bit about removing the bridge and I will vouch for it, it works ;)

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 8:19 pm 
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Stupid Google photo's..... Now maybe perhaps?


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PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 8:33 pm 
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jfmckenna wrote:
Stupid Google photo's..... Now maybe perhaps?


Perfect!


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PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 8:37 pm 
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Without heat?


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PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 8:39 pm 
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Glen H wrote:
Without heat?


Yup, just crack that sucker right off.


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Cool!

I'm assuming this works well only if it's hide glue, does it?

I don't think I'd have the guts to try it...

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it works with all glues I use the heating blanket on post 2008 Martins

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Not seeing any pics...


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PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 9:40 pm 
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meddlingfool wrote:
Not seeing any pics...

Strange, I tried cutting and pasting the URL's again.


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PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2018 12:22 am 
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Saw part of the relevant page.

Done this a lot of times. The first time I saw JL do this I was pretty surprised. Chisel was not super sharp, just pointy.

Don't try this on guitars with runout, but otherwise, it works a treat! Sometimes.

I try to use heat these days instead...



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2018 8:36 am 
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Yup I will use heat today too but on a few exceptions when the bridge is really lifted up I'll just get the one inch chisel out. It's an interesting book. That was about the time I started doing repairs and with no training or apprenticeship I just bought old junkers at tag sales and what not to work on. After a while people thought that I knew what I was doing so they started paying me to do it. I can remember the first few 'real' bridge resets I did using that method was a bit nerve racking. After that confidence builds up. But books like this one were the only thing around. I just Googled Wagner's name and came up with this neat little bit about him, talk about back in the day.

https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/lester-wagner



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David Collins did a video of removing a bridge in one blow with a hammer. It was a joke, but not readily apparent. He just hit the side of the bridge and it went flying across the room, and the removal was perfect, if I recall.

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David Collins did a video of removing a bridge in one blow with a hammer. It was a joke, but not readily apparent. He just hit the side of the bridge and it went flying across the room, and the removal was perfect, if I recall.

Ed
I did that once on a guitar that was going to be retopped. It dented the bridge a bit but otherwise worked just fine.

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 7:23 am 
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I love that David Collins video. My guess is he was just as surprised as everyone else that he didn't destroy the top :D


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After taking the setup class from Dave Collins I'm a bit in awe of his luthier skill set. I was pretty surprised when it worked for me too, I was pretty much expecting a crunched top or some ridiculous tear out.

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