Side Crack Repair on Epiphone Acoustic Guitar

While the glue on the bridge is drying, I'm going to fix another structural problem on the Epiphone acoustic guitar. It's this dent/crack on the side near the end pin.  I remember when this happened - I was at a friend's house and accidentally...

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Using Fox Bridge Clamp to Glue New Bridge on an Acoustic Guitar

Now we come to The Main Event, The Big Moment, in which we glue the new bridge to the old guitar.  Funny how I've been thinking about this for some time, and it actually takes just a relatively few minutes to pull it off. I've been...

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Preparing Acoustic Guitar Top For Attaching New Bridge

Looks like the bridge pad installation went well. It fits exactly as it should, I don't see any glue squeeze-out (not that I could do much about it if there was some), and it seems to be solidly glued in to place. The bridge pin holes for...

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Gluing a New Bridge Plate on the Epiphone Acoustic Guitar Using Hide Glue

Finally ready for The Moment of Truth. I have like 60 seconds to put the hide glue on the plate, put the plate in place, and then clamp it. I did a few dry runs to sort out the clamps.  A couple of the pixtures are actually from the...

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Making a Maple Bridge Plate for an Acoustic Guitar

While the hide glue is in the refrigerator waiting for its command performance, I made the new bridge plate (aka bridge pad) for the Epiphone. This is a maple blank I got from LMI already sized close to what I'll need.  You could make...

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Mixing Hide Glue For Guitar Repair

I've decided to use hide glue to attach the new bridge plate and bridge on the Epiphone acoustic guitar.  There are a couple of reasons why I'm using hide glue:  first, I have a headstock repair in the queue and I definitely want...

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Bridge Plate Removal on Epiphone Acoustic Guitar

And now the fun starts! I've read a lot about removing bridge plates and I think I'm ready to try it. I cut a kitchen sponge to more-or-less fit the shape of the bridge plate on the guitar.  This particular sponge had curves on the side,...

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Bridge Plate Removal on the Epiphone Acoustic Guitar Continues

I have a couple of tools for removing bridges from guitars, but I decided to make a couple more as I thought they might come in handy with the bridge plate removal. I was in a hardware store a couple months ago and saw a cheap double-ended...

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Bridge Removal on Epiphone FT-145 Acoustic Guitar

So now I get to take the old bridge off the Epiphone. I bought a new replacement bridge a couple of years ago (I told you this project has been in the queue for a while) from I think Stew-Mac.  It's a Martin-style replacement, and it's...

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