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Old 12-04-2013, 10:32 PM
Edwin M Escobar Edwin M Escobar is offline
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Default Bridge Doctor on LÂG Tramontane T300AE

I have a LÂG Tramontane T300AE which developed a belly bulge here in the Philippines where the relative humidity is normally 80-100% everyday.

I humidified the underside of the bridge first by putting a wet rag for an hour, then clamped the guitar between two pieces of wood, tightening slowly to flatten the bulge.

When the bulge flattened, I dried the guitar by putting desiccants inside, covered the sound hole with a sound hole suppressor and wrapped the body in a garbage bag.

After about 2 weeks of sucking the moisture out, I tried stringing the guitar to pitch but to my disappointment the bulge crept in again and increased the string action at the 12th fret from 1.5mm to 2.1mm in 2 days.

I asked a friend to get me a bridge doctor from StewMac and now that it is mounted, my guitar is back, action is steady at 1.6mm.

You can check the pics here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edwinme...=%5B%22w%22%5D
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