About Chris Jaster Expertise Any question related to electric or acoustic guitar/bass repair or building finishing etc.
Experience I'm a professional luthier (guitar builder) and owner of JBC Instruments in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. We are a successful guitar repair and building shop focused on attention to detail, pride in workmanship and total customer satisfaction.
Education/Credentials Certificate of Luthiery (Building/Repairing stringed instruments) obtained from Timeless Instruments in Tugaske Saskatchewan Canada under Master Luthier David Freeman.
Expert: Chris Jaster Date: 3/5/2008 Subject: acoustic guitar bridge
Question i put new strings on my acoustic guitar and noticed that the bridge was separating from the body. can this be fixed?
Answer Hello Kenny. This type of problem can definitely be fixed with a minimum amount of tools. You'll need an iron and a thin long blade knife. What u want to do is warm up the bridge with the iron to soften up the old glue and than gently work the bridge off with the knife. Just be careful that you're not removing top material. Once you have it off you'll need to clean off all the old glue with a razor blade used as a scraper and than re glue the bridge and with a glue like TiteBond or some other type of carpenters glue and clamp it into place using a couple of C clamps. Hope this helps.
Chris Jaster
Luthier
