[Rodger Knox]

Originally Posted by yellowesty

I don't take any exception to Peter's response, but it brings up a question:

Titebond glue has the reputation for creating a bond that's stronger than the host wood. If that's true, and the OP has the piece that fits exactly to the broken surface, and recognizing that the repaired glue line would be almost entirely along the grain, why would you expect the Titebond repair to fail? Would it be on account of the weaker bond on the end grain of the broken surface? Or is "stronger than the host wood" too glib?

The wood failed once, there's no reason to believe it won't fail again if it is reglued. The glue joint may be stronger than the wood, but there's still wood on both sides of the glue joint.

Originally Posted by LeightonBankes

but the big question is; Why did it break in the first place? If it is a cheap guitar, the answer may be that the slot was not routed on an angle, like it should be (or the saddle is loose in the slot) making a new bridge would cure whatever problem caused it, gluing it back will only prolong it's life a little and it will break again (unless you address the reason why it broke)

Exactly.

Originally Posted by peter.coombe

Agreed. Looking at the picture, the saddle extends right across the front of the bridge, there is no wood at the ends. This means in front of the saddle the only thing holding it together is cross grain strength. This is probably one reason why it broke, and there may be other reasons as well. Gluing it back together, whether it is superglue or Titebond is likely to be a temporary fix only. A temporary fix is fine if that is all you want and expect, but a permanent fix requires a bridge replacement that addresses the reasons why it broke in the first place.

Also correct.