pickerap Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 I have a 1960's J50ADJ with the rosewood bridge pulled. It looks like only the bolts were holding the bridge. Is this true for these guitars? How should it be re-attached? The guitar is in excellent shape otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Cleaned skillfully, then re-glued, clamped, then bolts reattached (or not). If you're good about hooking the ball end to a clean bridge plate before tightening the strings, the bolts are superfluous, except that it keeps the guitar original. I'm someone who throws adj bridges away and has a new slotted saddle RW copy installed if I'm in that situation, but that's me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pohatu771 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 If the bridge is pulling, I'd be concerned that it is also warped after decades of tension applied to only the points where the bolts connect. Fortunately, this is a fairly inexpensive repair, since there is no damage to the guitar's top from removing a glued bridge. My Epiphone Cortez was about $125 when I had the plastic bridge replaced with wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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