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Post by guydio on May 7, 2016 9:45:26 GMT
I think I read somewhere they were going to sort out the wobbly bridge with the new stock. Prior to that people were sticking the bridge using double sided tape or violin rosin (sticky gum). Nice guitar, it was on my list for a while too, but I held off thinking it would be a bit TOO big. Let us know how you get on with it.
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Post by tarn on May 7, 2016 9:47:33 GMT
What is that white thing under the bridge? Packing material? That's what I am curious about yup, thats packing material so not to scratch the top in transit as it is to be removed once in use. other brands who also offer these types of guitars do the same as quite often the bridge is not fixed due to the fact that there is no center block to drill in to. guessing the birth marks is the staining that when wrong some howe! like defjef said a bit of adjusting to the guard will probably solve it. congrats with your big bertha.
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Post by gullum on May 7, 2016 12:20:24 GMT
What I did was remove the clote protection then tuned up aligned the bridge and put 2 tiny screws in the ends of the wood of the bridge to keep it in place
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Post by DefJef on May 7, 2016 13:17:23 GMT
That's what I am curious about yup, thats packing material so not to scratch the top in transit as it is to be removed once in use. other brands who also offer these types of guitars do the same as quite often the bridge is not fixed due to the fact that there is no center block to drill in to. guessing the birth marks is the staining that when wrong some howe! like defjef said a bit of adjusting to the guard will probably solve it. congrats with your big bertha. In @im2's link they seemed to have a centre block of some kind. This guitar is becoming more baffling by the minute.
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Post by gullum on May 7, 2016 13:36:02 GMT
In @im2's link they seemed to have a centre block of some kind. This guitar is becoming more baffling by the minute. it does have a center block but it's more like a stabilizer then anything else on mine it's shorter then the bridge and a little in front of it
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Post by guydio on May 7, 2016 13:43:37 GMT
Sounds like the centre block may be a continuation of the neck joined to the guitar top to which the rest of the guitar is assembled. They had this kind of centre block arrangement in the deko steel guitar I ordered but had to send back.
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Post by oghkhood on May 7, 2016 14:51:24 GMT
Lovely guitar and lovely Cat bed you got there that white stuff was on mine too and it just protection because its not a fixed bridge That's weird, gullum. I was just reading the link that Im2 put up and the bridge seems to be pinned in place. Has the design changed? Perhaps marit can clarify. Plus, did you have bridge lean problems like the guys on the aguitar website? According to my tiny experience with my archtop and what I could read here and there, the bridge is always subject to a bit of rocking when you use the bigsny, enven the roller bridges. I tried 3 different models of roller bridge that all showed the same behaviour .... and all also pruduced parasiting vibration. In fine, I came to use a Gretsch Rocking Bar Bridge that gave satisfaction in every aspect of it.
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Post by marit on May 7, 2016 20:52:19 GMT
Actually can't get the white stuff off under the bridge, it's like cotton and like it's glued on. That kinda sucks.
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Post by Lm2 on May 7, 2016 21:00:29 GMT
Actually can't get the white stuff off under the bridge, it's like cotton and like it's glued on. That kinda sucks. Seems to me they glued the bridge now instead of bolting it like it was in my case. These type of guitar should have a loose bridge. Once the strings over it, it fixes itself. Marit, looking at the bridge sideways, is the bridge tilted ?
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Post by Lm2 on May 7, 2016 21:03:49 GMT
In @im2's link they seemed to have a centre block of some kind. This guitar is becoming more baffling by the minute. it does have a center block but it's more like a stabilizer then anything else on mine it's shorter then the bridge and a little in front of it Indeed there is a center block just under the bridge. This is needed as otherwise the body would collapse inward because of the combi string and bridge pressure.
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Post by marit on May 7, 2016 21:08:27 GMT
Can you guys help out on what the heck could be wrong and how they've put that cotton stuff under there? I got most of it off now but I saw the entire bridge moving a bit whilst doing so. Absolutely ridiculous.
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Post by marit on May 7, 2016 21:10:11 GMT
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Post by Lm2 on May 7, 2016 21:12:00 GMT
Lovely guitar and lovely Cat bed you got there that white stuff was on mine too and it just protection because its not a fixed bridge That's weird, gullum. I was just reading the link that Im2 put up and the bridge seems to be pinned in place. Has the design changed? Perhaps marit can clarify. Plus, did you have bridge lean problems like the guys on the aguitar website? The bridge is always rocking because of the bigsby. However the bridge should not be fixed so it rocks correctly back into its original spot after using the bigsby. We can conclude that the design was changed.
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Post by Lm2 on May 7, 2016 21:17:20 GMT
Can you guys help out on what the heck could be wrong and how they've put that cotton stuff under there? I got most of it off now but I saw the entire bridge moving a bit whilst doing so. Absolutely ridiculous. Don't panic. Don't remove the stuff as moving the bridge might change the intonation. Keep it like it is. Tune and check intonation. Play without the bigby and check tuning/intonation again.
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