Making a Guitar Bridge From Scratch
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- Опубліковано 10 січ 2017
- A fairly detailed video describing the process of making an acoustic guitar bridge from a rosewood blank.
The repair was done for a customer of Larry Daniel's Music in Gainesville Georgia.
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Perfect job well done, you play the guitar very nice too!!
Thank you!
Anyone else attempt this yet?
I'm about to give it a try!
hey man where is your shop.. i need some work done i live in bakersfiled california
Sorry, you are over 2,000 miles away from my shop.
If you don't know any reputable repair shops near you, try asking around local music stores, or asking local band member who have been at it a long time. They can likely point you to someone near you who is a capable repair person.
May I ask, how much did you charge for that repair job?
That's been like 3 years ago or a little more so I don't remember.
But today I would quote that about $125-$150 USD. Depending bridge material. These days a rosewood blank is at least twice as expensive as it was it was 3 years ago. But there are other options on the market today also.
That guitar as I recall got a bridge made from scratch, I think also reinforcement of the bridge plate where string balls tore it pieces over the years, and then a full set up afterwards. But my memory may be off on all that.
That would vary some depending where you are located. I think that's a fair and pretty reasonable price for my area. Not on the high end for sure.
@@daveydacusguitars9033 thanks for the reply, I did forget to mention what a great job you did. I think that is a very reasonable 'quote', I have that same guitar with the same problem.
I didnt see you radius the backside of the bridge... why not?
The biggest reason was that the replacement bridge was significantly thinner than the original. This didn't leave a lot of room to round the top. Also it just wasn't necessary to round it significantly. With it being so thin and low profile compared to the original it would not have felt of looked right to round it off more than what I did with the more aggressive sand papers. I was using a 50 and 80 grit there to shape the top of the bridge more than sand really.
I uploaded this 5 years ago ... I actually had to watch my own video to see what you were talking about.
This job came out good. I might would approach a couple of those tasks differently today, but I remember being very happy with that guitar returning it to the customer. And more importantly the customer being happy.
I haven't produced videos for a while and not repair videos on particular.
If this is something you want to learn, watch a guy on UA-cam with the channel twoodford. One of the best repair guys I've ever seen.
He's humble about it and says he's not even the best in his area..... Well he's probably better than anyone within a couple hundred miles in my area. NOT exaggerating. I've seen some other luthiers work from my area and had to correct it... This guy would be fixing my mistakes... Highly recommend his channel for learning repair. He's doing what I intended to do with this channel much better than I did when I was making videos.
How long did it take you to make the bridge?
It's been a LONG time since I made that video.
Without filming, a bridge takes about an hour to an hour and half. If you are practiced at it. Longer if you don't do it often.
@@daveydacusguitars9033
Kindly how much do you charge for making a bridge?
I am actually not doing repairs much any more. I do an occasional repair for someone I know, but I don't actively pursue repair work.
But to answer your question.... this customer paid I believe around $130 for the new bridge and a set up.
Today, with prices increases on everything I would think a fair price is more like $150 or maybe even $175. To have to make a bridge from scratch and replace it. A set up is a definitely needed after replacing the bridge as well. So you have to include that in pricing. It would not be wise to charge a big amount for a repair and then return the guitar to the customer not paying well. So you have to also do the set up work and charge for that.
Kindly, What is the brand of this router? How much?
So I borrowed that jig for routing saddle slots from my local music store I have done many repairs for in the past.
It is a stewmac product that works with a Dremel brand router with a threaded base.
There are however cheaper ways to get the same result.
You can see on stewmac.com how much that whole thing would be. But to sum thatcup.... EXPENSIVE.
ua-cam.com/video/g0t8sZMsIIg/v-deo.html
This guy here has got it going on for repair videos. What he uses in the video would be WAY cheaper than the Stewmac jig. At just after the 9:00 mark he explains the jig and how he built, designed, and uses it.
This can't be a real Gibson. They would not glue the bridge over the finish...
www.premierguitar.com/articles/30222-why-plastic-bridges-and-acoustic-guitars-dont-mix-Gibson-acoustic-guitar-luthier-guitar-bridges-plastic-bridge-replacement
In was I fact not glued at all to begin with. Just a few screws.