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by Jay » Mon Mar 03, 2003 8:20 pm
the bridge on my acoustic is starting to pull away from the body of the guitar. you can slide a paper into the crack now, and i think a pick will fit in there soon.....
what is causing this, and how do i fix it or slow it down, and most importantly, is it gonna be expensive?
i use elixer .12 nanowebs, and it's pretty much all i've ever used...
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by Pickles » Mon Mar 03, 2003 8:41 pm
you should have that checked out
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by Jay » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:09 pm
i'm wondering, would it be safe to change the strings on this thing still? the strings are about 6 weeks old and sound like crap...but i dont know if newer ones will have more tension or something...
i cant really get it looked at for a while...
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by Pickles » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:10 pm
i have no clue dude... any luthiers on the boards? lol
Sort Of A Protest Song wrote:I don't know if this is shameful or not, but after waking up in a girls bed that was really high up off the ground (almost top-bunkbed type high) I told her that if I fell off I'd "come back to life as a white wizard". I was still a bit tipsy. She did not laugh.
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by DustyDave » Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:12 pm
I would strongly suggest that you went to your local dealer with it , and get them to fix it b4 you touch too much .... i have no idea what it will cost though
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by two steps too many » Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:15 pm
HUMIDITY!!!!! Make sure its not too humid, but too dry can cause this as well. Also look to see if the whole top is swelling with the bridge or if its just the bridge.
read this and it might help you, but other then string tension and misuse of the guitar i'd have to say humidity
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http://www.larrivee.com/flash/humidity.phpthis read
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by Jay » Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:15 pm
i just thought of something...i have a guitar lesson tomorrow and my teacher built his tele...maybe i'll take it and show him....he should at least be able to tell me how badly it is broken...
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by Pickles » Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:16 pm
good idea
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by Jay » Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:18 pm
two steps too many wrote:HUMIDITY!!!!! Make sure its not too humid, but too dry can cause this as well. Also look to see if the whole top is swelling with the bridge or if its just the bridge.
read this and it might help you, but other then string tension and misuse of the guitar i'd have to say humidity
read this
http://www.larrivee.com/flash/humidity.phpthis read
actually the top of the body, i can feel a little bulge around the bridge......but the bridge is definitely seperated from the top of the guitar...
i dont understand how it would be string tension, i use 12's and it's always tuned to E or a half step lower...or does this just happen with time? the guitar is about 5 years old...
it's right here:
http://homepages.nyu.edu/~jjg243/shesays.jpg"Forget about what you are escaping from," he said, quoting an old maxim of Kornblum's. "Reserve your anxiety for what you are escaping to."
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by hd28v » Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:18 pm
what is causing this, and how do i fix it or slow it down, and most importantly, is it gonna be expensive?
To begin, what kind of guitar is it? How old? I do not think that was mentioned. A number of things can cause this to occur. Humidy and heat can cause this problem. Especially heat because it will loosin the glue holding the bridge on. To much tension or overtuning your guitar frequently can also cause this to happen. Craftmenship could be other possibliy depending on the make of the guitar. If its from a reputable company find out any warranty info.
Have it fixed by the manufacutuer if its a good guitar or by a certified person. I dont think there is a way to "slow it down." I would not restring either unless it is a second-hand guitar.
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by Pickles » Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:19 pm
thats a pretty guitar
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by Jay » Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:22 pm
shane wrote:thats a pretty guitar
thanks
the manufacturer is Art + Lutherie...it was originally my mom's, but i relieved her of it. it sounds nice too, i hope it doesn't die.
i was worried about the humidity in the winter and i humidified it in december and january....that site says that low humidity will cause the bridge to life...i guess it didn't do a good enough job...
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by Pickles » Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:25 pm
Jay wrote:shane wrote:thats a pretty guitar
thanks
the manufacturer is Art + Lutherie...it was originally my mom's, but i relieved her of it. it sounds nice too, i hope it doesn't die.
i was worried about the humidity in the winter and i humidified it in december and january....that site says that low humidity will cause the bridge to life...i guess it didn't do a good enough job...
lol i "relieved" my moms guitar of her too - look at the hofner on the website in my signature. art + lutherie is made by lasido right? my godin is from the same company.
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by Jay » Mon Mar 03, 2003 11:30 pm
i honestly don't know who made it...i like it though. i'm sitting here holding it, playing with 6 week old completely dead strings, and it still sounds so nice...i hope it doesn't die, it's like a puppy or something...geez...
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by Jay » Wed Mar 05, 2003 8:35 pm
i took it to get looked at, the guy was really honest with me and said it's not worth fixing because it would cost so much.
"play it till it dies," he said.
sigh...i just went guitar shopping last month!
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