Thanks for the sanding technique tip, I hadn't heard that one. Like you mentioned, it's a low-cost guitar, and the 2 screwholes you see in the bridge are all that pin it to the body. I believe that the width added by its humped bridge portion gives it the needed stability to keep the string tension from ripping the bridge right off the top of the guitar, so I'm just a little concerned about weakening the thin part between the bridge itself and the part that the strings are put through. Guess I'll have to have beer first to steady my nerves
