---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment Folks, I've never done this procedure but I have a question. When planning and re notching the bass bridge you could be removing a significant amount of material. What does this do to the downbearing measurements? Is this a significant area of concern? .... o.k. 2 questions. Greg Newell At 11:15 PM 12/16/2002, you wrote: >Dale, > >I just finished re-pinning a bridge, wet. I followed the procedure in >Bill Spurlock's Journal article of a decade or so ago. Remove old pins, >plane bridge top to bottom of string grooves, re-notch. Coat inside of >holes with epoxy using piano wire. Dip new pins in epoxy and slip/drive >into holes. Brush excess epoxy to coat bridge top and notches. Dip brush >in lacquer thinner, brush top (not notches), wipe brush in rag, dip in >lacquer thinner, repeat, to penetrate bridge top with thinned epoxy and >remove excess. (I don't like the resultant thick glossy epoxy coating on >the notches, so will rub the gloss out with steel wool, and next time will >do the solvent brush thing on notches as well as bridge top.) Let cure, >paint the bridge top with DAG thinned 2:1 with DN Alcohol. But overall >I'm very satisfied with how it looks - won't know for a couple months how >it sounds. > >Mike Greg Newell mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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