Ovation Guitar Bridge And Laminate Pulling Up Repair

My bridge looks like its pulling off.

Ovation guitar bridge and laminate pulling up repair. Bridge has already been reglued with pva and secured with three screws. We have a cork board that we ve cut a bridge shaped hole into so we set that on the guitar to protect the top and then heat the bridge with a 75 watt lamp. The bar and cam clamp in use. These parts include tuning pegs strings and items for the instruments body such as saddles bridges and pick guards.

Eventually many guitars succumb to the pressure and develop a top with a bulge at the bridge. Steel strings pull up against the top of the guitar with 125 to 175 pounds of tension depending on the gauge. Blisstime 2 sets 4pcs 6 string acoustic guitar bone bridge saddle and nut made of real bone with 9 pcs sand paper stainless steel needle files of 13 sizes 4 5 out of 5 stars 150 12 99 12. With the bridge removed we can now start work on fixing the top.

The soundboard and bridge were cleaned up. The glue was applied and left to set for 12 hours. A standard steel string acoustic strung up with a set of 12 54 strings is constantly under about 75kg 160lbs of pull. Tecunite acoustic guitar bridge pins puller pulling remover extractor tool with guitar saddle nut and 12 pack guitar bridge pins by tecunite 7 59 7.

Oftentimes this is coupled with the bridge lifting as well. It s tilting forward to such a degree that i can slip a piece of paper under the back edge. On the underside of the bridge ply wood patches were inlayed to stiffen up this area and prevent the bolts from pulling through the bottom of the bridge. It was fairly simple to complete and the process is very strai.

Ovation guitar parts and accessories. Ovation parts and accessories for your guitar can be used to make instrument repairs or add extra dimension to a guitars function. The guy who did that didn t realize these guitars with string through bridges don t have a bridge plate so he was lucky enough not to drill through the. A bellied top can cause high action bad intonation and a weak sound.

Bolts through the bridge plate viewed from. In addition the top of the guitar behind the bridge is rising a little. I have an ovation balladeer 4861 transitional korean made balladeer similar to 1861 in for a refret and bridge repair. This melts the glue holding the bridge to the top allowing us to slide knives into the glue joint and lift the bridge.