Is it better to screw and glue on a bridge?

[Allen]

And do you think it's going to affect the tone?

[rocket]

Railway sleeper spikes are always helpful if all else fails, does affect the tone a tad though

Rod.

[Kev3]

Rookie mistake of not pre-drilling for that screw on the left - would have stopped the cracking. Other than that - looks pretty sound

[Nick]

You been uploading images of my repair work?!!
Hey metal screws...got to add to the sustain! at least that's what I told the customer

[demonx]

I wonder if that was by our local guitar shop! Hahaha

[kiwigeo]

Somebody confiscate that guitar off it's owner. If that guitar was an animal they'd have the RSPCA knocking on their door...

[seeaxe]

any chance the owner is a punk rocker?

Actually, I think its a genuine attempt at modern art using faux guitar repair as the medium. In which case its awesome however I feel he/she has perhaps let himself/herself down by only having one odd bridge pin. Maybe they were going for an understated look. Cant wait to see what happened to the tuners...

[Dennis Leahy]

I would add some more screws - but add them on the other side of the bridge.

Also, I hope that is hot hide glue - because as we all know, that makes everything OK.

[rocket]

Actually looks like a bush plumbers silicone joint, only not a neat, hasn't been smoothed out with the old wet finger.

[routout]

Ahh I see what they did more adjustment screws in the back to jack the front up to gently rest the strings on No Buzz .

[Wayde Christie]

I love how they just gave up on the screw on the right

[simso]

Wow

[dotbot]

Folks, this is nothing more (or less) than a mad scientist's experiment in adding bridge mass a la Trevor Gore.

[J.F. Custom]

I don't know Allen...

But if I were you, I'd stick to making ukuleles.



Jeremy.

[lauburu]

Actually, I think you've got the balance right there Allen. Well done!!
Sound samples please
Miguel

[Cloverfield]

I'd love to see a Youtube video tutorial where the end result is this

[blackalex1952]

Fools!! You have all missed the obvious fact that the screw on the right is for the missing whammy bar lever!!!

[kiwigeo]

Fools!! You have all missed the obvious fact that the screw on the right is for the missing whammy bar lever!!!

Na na....you're talking about the special bridge ejector lever?

[blackalex1952]

So are you saying that it's a quick change piezo- magnetic thingamagig? Fine!..acceptable.A Kiwi design, perhaps? It looks like the special bridge ejector ejected itself as well...

[blackalex1952]