neepheid Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 Was giving my Epi EB-3 some TLC last night, when I fancied that I saw the bridge posts coming out slightly from the surface of the body. I was changing the strings anyway so I thought I'd investigate. Sure enough as I slackened the strings, they settled back down. "Uh-oh", I thought. With the strings off and the bridge itself off the posts, I had a look at the posts and managed to pull one of them out of the wood like *snaps fingers* that. WTF? Are they supposed to be that loose? There's definitely play in there, so that when string tension is applied they are pulled slightly towards the neck. I can't believe that the bridge can be so loosely tethered to the body. I'm tempted to squeeze some No More Nails or some other hole filling adhesive in there and glue the buggers in place. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 It's still annoying me. I think I'm going to epoxy them in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Use something hard, rubbery glue stuff will affect sound transfer. Ideally you dowel and redrill. When a sucky kids guitar had that happen I jammed them in with card, made a lot of difference to the tone and sustain (better than when loose). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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