> As far as I know, they've always used hide glue. > Ron N >>One thing I would like to know though, should anyone have real information instead of an arbitrary guess, is what they mix with the glue to color it more like maple to hide the sloppy glue application. I always thought it was a pretty slick dodge, considering the anal retentive attention to becket alignment and such among technicians, that no one seems to mention the mopped on glue collar on the shank. The joint works just fine without it, of course, but I still find it interesting. Hide glue isn't that color, so there's some sort of magic invisibility stealth dust involved. Anyone know what? I don't think it has all been hide. I saw a set being hung at the factory, and there was some glue that was put on about an octave's worth of shanks at a time, and then they were dropped in the jig. I don't remember a heated glue pot. And there are some 1960's vintage S&S that seem to be glued with some type of plastic glue. It doesn't respond to moisure or heat. Ed -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20110114/3177ede8/attachment.htm>
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