|
|
#1
08-08-2020, 09:33 AM
|
||||
|
||||
Cracked Bridge
My brother-in-law has an old (maybe 1980s?) Fender DG-11 acoustic that's been sitting unused for years. He noticed it has a cracked bridge.
1. Think there's any hope of just taking the strings off, removing the saddle and gluing/clamping the bridge, or is he looking at a new bridge? 2. What would you guess (roughly) for the cost of having a new bridge installed? Trying to decide if its worth it. 3. What would cause this? Is the break angle on the strings too steep? Edit: After removing the strings it looks like the saddle slot was quite a bit wider than the saddle, even when the crack is closed up with a clamp. That is, the saddle measures 0.115" thick and the slot is 0.15" wide when the crack is squeezed closed, measured with a digital caliper. So the saddle, being so loose in the slot, must have been leaning forward, causing a concentration of stress at the top of the bridge and maybe the eventual opening of the crack? As the crack opened more, the saddle leaned further forward, and so on. Sound reasonable? Last edited by KevinH; 08-08-2020 at 12:47 PM. 
|
|
#2
08-08-2020, 09:41 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
My opinions: Gee, that's a pretty bridge. Nice to be able to save it. Time to bring it to a luthier. Perhaps the bridge can be squeezed and glued back together and a thicker saddle sitting in a deeper routed slot could help. Less likely to tip and pry.
|
