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Originally Posted by tippy5
So you take a little down then string up to pitch watching the top?
Do you use a straight edge while looking in front and in back of the bridge?
That has to be a bit nerve wracking? Yet nothing ventured nothing gained.
Glad to hear you are happy with the improved tone.
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I did it in about 8 or 9 separate treatments. I've been playing this one almost exclusively and going through a set of strings about once a week. Saturdays and Sundays I have more time to sand, so it worked out well.
I didn't use a straight edge - just eyeballed. I also just used some pressure downward on the bridge with the strings off to see if the top was flexing. Still after all the mass reduction, I can barely see the top move with probably 10-12 lbs of pressure on it.
As I mentioned above, this has been far from never wracking for me - very therapeutic - I always enjoy hands on projects with tangible (and audible) results.
