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Properly fitting the bridge and making custom cauls aren't overkill, they're just proper technique. Again, you don't have to do it but why wouldn't you want something done right? |
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I won't enter into this debate........one thing I do know, I'm not a handyman like most, I hate to scr.w up a job and it will cost me more to fix. It's not a everyday fix, so $100 bucks is nothing, why not let an expert worry about my stress. Right?
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I don't use a C clamp.
Here's a picture of a nice aluminum clamp someone made. And here's one I made ... yes it looks ugly but it worked perfectly ... with Titebond original.
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I like the homemade one better. If I need to perform the procedure again I may have to build one myself.
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This one is just a gibson from the late 50's that i had to fix after they just did some glue work and repair on the lifting bridge Far left, after i pulled the back to repair it properly, this was all the inner patches and braces, after removing those patches, i found the whole bridge area had been cutout, talking with the owner, it had some tear out so someone decided to remove the whole area.
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Definitely not rocket science but you should have used the glue that was recommended to you. I hope what you did holds. Original Titebond is excellent glue, as is most fish glue. That bottled hide glue is not terribly strong and typically isn't used in guitar repair. In fact, I have a repairman friend who always jokes when a home repair doesn't hold or an amateur builders project falls apart that they "used hide glue from a bottle". |
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I have also used fish glue, hot hide glue and Old Brown liquid hide glue with good results. A few months ago, I had a conversation with an area sales representative from Franklin, who makes Titebond. He said that they had recently reformulated their liquid hide glue. I have not tried it and have no desire to do so, given it’s history. He also mentioned that they recently shipped an order of several tons of Titebond original to Asia to one of the guitar manufacturers there. |
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Hide glue (either hot or bottled) is no easier to clean up than Titebond Original. Both clean up in short order with warm water. Titebond Original also releases easily with heat or steam. The ones that are harder to clean up and are more heat resistant are TItebond II or III. I never recommend those for any luthier work.
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