Thank you for such an informative video. I wanted to change the bridge of my Fender acoustic, which came off last year. Finally I did it yesterday, and it came out perfect. Your video was of great help, as I did not have a clue how to go about it. Though the job was a bit messy, but thanks to you, who made it look simple, so I could attempt it. Thanks again. God bless you!!❤
@@philipsanders7694 not at all! I’m just learning and all the feedback I can get is helpful. Appreciate it. I was sincere when I said I’d try that for next one. Makes sense. Thanks!
I am getting ready to glue a bridge on a customers guitar and saw your bridge clamp so I ordered one to try - clamping bridges around bracing can be a challenge at times so I will give the bridge clamp a try
For the money it's a great design and easier that 3 or 4 long u- clamps. Keeps things tight and easy to work with. Good luck and report back when you can on how it all went for you.
thanks so much. it's really a lot of work and I guess life got in the way. I have a deep appreciation for the channels out there crushing it. Please Subscribe and i will let you know when i post some more.!
@chris Gangi - Just curious about how you'd suggest to rotate the allen bolts while in the bridge glue drying process? I assume while they are still tightened fully, but from the underside (ever so slightly) with the allen wrench... but I may have mis-understood. I'm very glad you addressed it though, as this was my main concern in using a bridge clamp like this (having the bolts permanently glued in the peg holes. :)
yeah that's the tricky part and a bit of a design flaw. If you don't over glue them like it did and careful to keep the glue out of the peg holes you should be good. But I went back and rotated them every 30 min or so for the first few hours until I knew the glue was dried and the bolt was able to move freely. Let me know how it goes
@@DIYChris01 I'm from the same school of thought as you... I will over-glue this, I will clean up a big mess... :) I'll definitely let you know how it goes, as I plan to finalize the repair this weekend! Putting paper inside during the repair was also a nice touch! Wouldn't of thought of that either! Thanks again for a very informative video sir.
@@DIYChris01 The job went splendidly... I absolutely used a lot of glue, but clean up was a breeze... The bridge is now solid as a rock! Thanks for the awesome video.
These dang Blueridge have a factory problem! I'm in the process of doing this same thing to my BR140! It seems to be a common problem with these guitars! For a guitar in the $1,000 range, this is pretty unacceptable on Blueridge's part! I've been playing and repairing guitars for 34 years!
Great video and nice guitar too.. They are very underrated. Couldn't tell from the video, but did you scribe around the bridge, lightly, with a razor and remove any finish that was under the bridge previously? When we did our 65 Texan, we found that Gibson did not remove all the finish under the bridge, before they glued it down. Well, we did. I watched several luthiers channels to get those tips. Again, great video.
Really nice job done. Can you please let me know what is the allen screw ( 4mm x 50mm? Just a guess) and nut size and the size of allen key? I am making a tool myself. It will help me. Thanks in advance.
Hello Chris, thank you for sharing this video. I plan to do this job on my not that expensive guitar. I ordered the bridge clamp tool already similar to yours. And the end result from years later is still OK. Are you happy with that? It didn't came loose ore something. I just ask to know if it's OK to make by my self 😊 It's not an expensive guitar I would like to try it out. Thank you again for the video. If you have time can you just confirm if it's still holding the bridge. Greetings from Austria.
Guitar is still playing beautifully. You should have no worries about the repair lasting the life of the guitar if you keep it humidified. Good luck and let me know how it goes.
i'm not an adhesive expert but if you are talking about Gorilla Wood glue, I think the main difference is that it's polyurethane based which opens it up to being a super strong and versatile adhesive for different materials but for wood to wood I think tite bond is the best. Either way both work well in this application.
@@kevinintong7664 every pickup is different it will tell you in the installation instructions. Mine was 15/32nds. I used a caliper to measure the diameter of the reamer and put tape on the point where I needed to stop.
Great topic and thorough coverage of the process. Need to work on less "back of hand" and "back of forearm" views to the camera, and real shaky pans around the bridge -- so hard to see what's going on.
Don't worry too much about your Blueridge being made in China. They've been working with wood long before a Made-in-America sign was hanging in a storefront. I know of many professional Bluegrass pickers who love them. Also many Country and Pop singers as well. Anyone putting your Blueridge down is either a brand name snob or they don't know what their talking about. American and overseas guitars can go bad if they're not taken care of. Believe me, there are enough of them to keep repair techs quite busy. Your backs and sides are flat sawn Brazilian Rosewood.
Bro no cap you tour that matha fucka real hard like don’t you think you should’ve let it heat up a lil more 0/10 would not recommend you can see all that wood being torn up with the bridge I would’ve gone for a slower approach. Like I said more heat for a longer period of time 🤷♂️
Yup that’s what I said in the video. Left it in so hopefully help others not make the same mistake. But honestly looked like a lot in the video but was really very minimal and does nothing to the integrity or tone of the guitar. Thanks for watching
3 blobs of Titebond glue in the nut slot is UNNECESSARY and a BAD IDEA. A nut just needs 1 tiny glue drop to hold it against the end of the fretboard at the headstock end...
Thanks for the suggestion Doug. I'll keep it in mind for the next time. 2 yrs later and the guitar still plays perfectly so i'm pretty happy with the results
@@DougHinVA I'm sorry maybe you misconstrued my comment. Throughout this comment section i have no issues admitting all the things i could have done better. It's all a learning process for me. I will work on it for the next one. Can't go back in time and redo the work. Also it would be helpful to explain why it's a bad idea and all the things that can go wrong by doing it that way so others can learn as well from more experienced luthiers. We like to keep it positive, supportive and educational here on this page. Thanks
I follow good pro luthiers and repair guys and TWOOFRD shows why knowledgeable repair folks do NOT glue in a nut. All that is needed is a tiny drop of glue to hold it in place and to be able to remove it later... and no excuses or 'I may not ... ' replies matter. Follow a pro and do not try to be a DIY guy unless you know just what to do and why.
@@DougHinVA Directly from Stew Mac " glue the nut in lightly with 2 or 3 small drops of Titebond glue. Replace the strings quickly, tune back to pitch" Great thing about life is we can all try and do things differently and still exist alongside each other in this world. Enjoy your day! :)
no need for name calling sir. it was my first time doing the work. I've already gotten better at it. but as a footnote, the guitar plays and sounds beautiful in my opinion.
All right Larry Moser......From now on, we'll bring all of our repairs to you so we can call you names if you don't do something the way we think you should have!
Thank you for such an informative video. I wanted to change the bridge of my Fender acoustic, which came off last year. Finally I did it yesterday, and it came out perfect. Your video was of great help, as I did not have a clue how to go about it. Though the job was a bit messy, but thanks to you, who made it look simple, so I could attempt it. Thanks again. God bless you!!❤
Great video. Straight forward and informative. I'm gonna give the bridge repair a shot on my guild 12 string. 🤞🙏thank you!
Thank you! Hope the Guild came out great.
It came out perfect! Thank you🙏👍
@@PaulC-bw7gb Love to hear it!!
When you glue the nut, put the glue on the end of the fretboard, makes for easier removal in the future
I'll try that
@@DIYChris01 it wasn't meant as a criticism, it saves all the scraping gubbins out of the nut "trench", It really was a good video, keep 'em coming
@@philipsanders7694 not at all! I’m just learning and all the feedback I can get is helpful. Appreciate it. I was sincere when I said I’d try that for next one. Makes sense. Thanks!
I am getting ready to glue a bridge on a customers guitar and saw your bridge clamp so I ordered one to try - clamping bridges around bracing can be a challenge at times so I will give the bridge clamp a try
For the money it's a great design and easier that 3 or 4 long u- clamps. Keeps things tight and easy to work with. Good luck and report back when you can on how it all went for you.
Nice work. Great advice. Will be starting my project real soon. Happy playing
Thanks good luck and feel free to come back with any questions. Happy to help.
@@DIYChris01 thank you. It's a 12 string. Just received the maple bridge clamp and the tie bond ready to start real soon.
I've just done clamping the bridge of the guitar using the same tool, thank you!
Awesome great to hear!
Brill video thx bud, I'm about to repair an battered guitar and this is gunna help a ton. Thx
Thanks for watching. Good luck!
@@DIYChris01 thanks, just waiting for my bridge clamp like yours to be delivered. Thank again for the vid
that was a fun video, man. was upset to see that you don't really post anymore. best wishes to you!
thanks so much. it's really a lot of work and I guess life got in the way. I have a deep appreciation for the channels out there crushing it. Please Subscribe and i will let you know when i post some more.!
@chris Gangi - Just curious about how you'd suggest to rotate the allen bolts while in the bridge glue drying process? I assume while they are still tightened fully, but from the underside (ever so slightly) with the allen wrench... but I may have mis-understood. I'm very glad you addressed it though, as this was my main concern in using a bridge clamp like this (having the bolts permanently glued in the peg holes. :)
yeah that's the tricky part and a bit of a design flaw. If you don't over glue them like it did and careful to keep the glue out of the peg holes you should be good. But I went back and rotated them every 30 min or so for the first few hours until I knew the glue was dried and the bolt was able to move freely. Let me know how it goes
@@DIYChris01 I'm from the same school of thought as you... I will over-glue this, I will clean up a big mess... :) I'll definitely let you know how it goes, as I plan to finalize the repair this weekend! Putting paper inside during the repair was also a nice touch! Wouldn't of thought of that either! Thanks again for a very informative video sir.
@@DIYChris01 The job went splendidly... I absolutely used a lot of glue, but clean up was a breeze... The bridge is now solid as a rock! Thanks for the awesome video.
@@louieyourbro877 That's what I like to hear. Great work!
I have the same bridge device. Always works well for me. Lovely guitar by the way.
Thanks. Yes i would think the bridge clamp will last through many repairs.
What is the prive
These dang Blueridge have a factory problem! I'm in the process of doing this same thing to my BR140! It seems to be a common problem with these guitars! For a guitar in the $1,000 range, this is pretty unacceptable on Blueridge's part! I've been playing and repairing guitars for 34 years!
I agree. Hearing about it more and more. Definitely a factory glue problem.
Great video and nice guitar too.. They are very underrated. Couldn't tell from the video, but did you scribe around the bridge, lightly, with a razor and remove any finish that was under the bridge previously? When we did our 65 Texan, we found that Gibson did not remove all the finish under the bridge, before they glued it down. Well, we did. I watched several luthiers channels to get those tips. Again, great video.
Really nice job done.
Can you please let me know what is the allen screw ( 4mm x 50mm? Just a guess) and nut size and the size of allen key?
I am making a tool myself. It will help me.
Thanks in advance.
hi pertaining to what? the bridge clamp? let me know thanks
I'm curious what grit sandpaper you used to sand the body of the guitar where the bridge is attached?
I believe this was 220. just a light easy sanding was all that was needed in this case.
@@DIYChris01 thanks man 👍
Nice job old buddy!!!
Thanks Mark!
Hello Chris, thank you for sharing this video. I plan to do this job on my not that expensive guitar. I ordered the bridge clamp tool already similar to yours. And the end result from years later is still OK. Are you happy with that? It didn't came loose ore something. I just ask to know if it's OK to make by my self 😊
It's not an expensive guitar I would like to try it out.
Thank you again for the video. If you have time can you just confirm if it's still holding the bridge.
Greetings from Austria.
Guitar is still playing beautifully. You should have no worries about the repair lasting the life of the guitar if you keep it humidified. Good luck and let me know how it goes.
@@DIYChris01 thanks for the quick reply.
can i ask where you got the clamp.thanks
hi sorry RUclips keeps cutting my links short. Try this www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JCGB3FT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I'd say you were a bit too generous with the glue, but all in all you seem to have done a pretty good job
i have a bad habit of over compensating ;)
good comment from the commenter and overly commented by you.
Does Gorilla glue also work well as Tite Bond?
i'm not an adhesive expert but if you are talking about Gorilla Wood glue, I think the main difference is that it's polyurethane based which opens it up to being a super strong and versatile adhesive for different materials but for wood to wood I think tite bond is the best. Either way both work well in this application.
Whats the name of the tool you used to do the hole underneath?
do you mean the pickup preamp hole on the "butt" of the guitar?
I used an end pin reamer. depending on what pickup you use will tell you how wide to make the hole.
Yes sir. Thank you so much.
Whats the size of pin reamer ideal for presys fishman pick up sir?
@@kevinintong7664 every pickup is different it will tell you in the installation instructions. Mine was 15/32nds. I used a caliper to measure the diameter of the reamer and put tape on the point where I needed to stop.
Great topic and thorough coverage of the process. Need to work on less "back of hand" and "back of forearm" views to the camera, and real shaky pans around the bridge -- so hard to see what's going on.
thanks I am still figuring out this process. Appreciate the feedback.
Don't worry too much about your Blueridge being made in China. They've been working with wood long before a Made-in-America sign was hanging in a storefront.
I know of many professional Bluegrass pickers who love them. Also many Country and Pop singers as well. Anyone putting your Blueridge down is either a brand name snob or they don't know what their talking about. American and overseas guitars can go bad if they're not taken care of. Believe me, there are enough of them to keep repair techs quite busy.
Your backs and sides are flat sawn Brazilian Rosewood.
I'm not worried. Saga makes great instruments. This model has Bolivian Santos Rosewood sides and back just to clarify.
@Chris Gangi Yes, Bolivian . What was I thinking. But, they do have a Brazilisn too.
Merry Christmas
Bro no cap you tour that matha fucka real hard like don’t you think you should’ve let it heat up a lil more 0/10 would not recommend you can see all that wood being torn up with the bridge I would’ve gone for a slower approach. Like I said more heat for a longer period of time 🤷♂️
Yup that’s what I said in the video. Left it in so hopefully help others not make the same mistake. But honestly looked like a lot in the video but was really very minimal and does nothing to the integrity or tone of the guitar. Thanks for watching
3 blobs of Titebond glue in the nut slot is UNNECESSARY and a BAD IDEA. A nut just needs 1 tiny glue drop to hold it against the end of the fretboard at the headstock end...
Thanks for the suggestion Doug. I'll keep it in mind for the next time. 2 yrs later and the guitar still plays perfectly so i'm pretty happy with the results
you are not even looking at the point I made and that any repair guy can spot. You are talking around the point to avoid admitting a mistake...
@@DougHinVA I'm sorry maybe you misconstrued my comment. Throughout this comment section i have no issues admitting all the things i could have done better. It's all a learning process for me. I will work on it for the next one. Can't go back in time and redo the work. Also it would be helpful to explain why it's a bad idea and all the things that can go wrong by doing it that way so others can learn as well from more experienced luthiers. We like to keep it positive, supportive and educational here on this page. Thanks
I follow good pro luthiers and repair guys and TWOOFRD shows why knowledgeable repair folks do NOT glue in a nut. All that is needed is a tiny drop of glue to hold it in place and to be able to remove it later... and no excuses or 'I may not ... ' replies matter. Follow a pro and do not try to be a DIY guy unless you know just what to do and why.
@@DougHinVA Directly from Stew Mac " glue the nut in lightly with 2 or 3 small drops of Titebond glue. Replace the strings quickly, tune back to pitch" Great thing about life is we can all try and do things differently and still exist alongside each other in this world. Enjoy your day! :)
A bit too much glue buddy :)
rather have more than less.
@@DIYChris01 wrong!
@@mikki9644 Curious as to what would be the negative aspects of using too much glue? besides clean up and wasting a little glue?
@@DIYChris01 you just named the negative aspects. you are wasting material....safe the planet and stuff. cheers, a luthier from germany
Your using way to much glue, not necessary my friend
thanks. i'll keep that in mind on the next one for sure
videos are of his forearms and hands... skip it.
Let us be the judge of whether we skip it or watch it. I for one watched it and I really enjoyed it. Great job on a Beautiful guitar!
You destroyed that guitar…. fool
no need for name calling sir. it was my first time doing the work. I've already gotten better at it. but as a footnote, the guitar plays and sounds beautiful in my opinion.
Nah! Blueridge destroyed it for him! Blueridge may be a good sounding guitar, but their construction quality is sub par and kind of sucks!
All right Larry Moser......From now on, we'll bring all of our repairs to you so we can call you names if you don't do something the way we think you should have!