\u00a9 2021 wikiHow, Inc. All rights reserved. We've been helping billions of people around the world continue to learn, adapt, grow, and thrive for over a decade. To be safe, you might want to leave your guitar for a couple of days before you attempt to restring it. The Gibson or Tune-o-matic styled bridge consists of two separate pieces: a stop tail and a bridge piece. Adjustments on an adjustable PRS wrap around bridge are fairly easy. This image is not<\/b> licensed under the Creative Commons license applied to text content and some other images posted to the wikiHow website. . If something traumatic does happen to your guitar bridge, you will most likely need to replace parts or the entire bridge itself. wikiHow, Inc. is the copyright holder of this image under U.S. and international copyright laws. If your guitar sounds thinner or quieter than normal, that could be a sign that your bridge is loose. Take care not to cut into the actual wood of the guitar when you do this. While no doubt the best fix is to take the guitar to a professional luthier who has the training and tools required to properly fix such a problem, like drill presses and wood glue and bridge post reinforcements, the total cost is such repair is likely to exceed the total market value of your entry level Bronze Series guitar. How to set the action on a Fender styled bridge. Unlike the Gibson or Tune-o-matic bridge, the PRS style bridge only has one bridge piece. You can detect a lifting bridge with a fine feeler guage or business card, by checking for a small gap along the backside of the bridge. Leaving a guitar in a hot environment can cause glue to melt or dry the glue out. wikiHow, Inc. is the copyright holder of this image under U.S. and international copyright laws. Always keep your guitar in a cool environment (room temperature or below) to prevent your bridge from shifting or loosening. If you have an acoustic-electric guitar, be careful not to remove any of the wiring when you remove the bridge. For more explanation about how the Floyd Rose bridge pivot and functions, please see the Floyd Rose bridge set up page. It stands to reason that, after years of playing your guitar, that bridge might start to come loose. It is important to check the glue joint between the bridge and top to ensure there are no gaps. Using soundhole clamps and a bridge plate caul (to protect the bridge plate and spread the clamping pressure), Christine clamped the bridge in place. The only way to adjust the string height on a Gibson or Tune-o-matic bridge is to adjust the entire bridge piece up or down. If you aren’t going to get any other tools, this is the set to get! Most Fender bridges use a 1.5mm allen wrench to raise or lower the individual saddle pieces. A dry heating pad designed to soothe sore muscles will work for this. When the screws are tightened or loosened, the saddle pieces move forward and backward in relationship with the pickups. In order to insert the strings in the saddle pieces, you must loosen the setscrews. Try to slide a piece of paper under your bridge, between the bridge and the top of your guitar. You want to glue your bridge directly to the guitar. Some electric guitar saddles are either not shaped right or simply stick too far out of the bridge and need to be lowered. That may sometimes be quite arduous to measure, so an easy way to measure your scale length is to measure from the nut or the bridge to the 12th fret and multiply by 2. Author: Michael Robicheau Unwind each string using the tuners on the head stock and slide them out of the bridge when each end has been taken off each tuner. If your bridge has not been dropped or damaged, you probably need to set up your bridge. wikiHow, Inc. is the copyright holder of this image under U.S. and international copyright laws. wikiHow, Inc. is the copyright holder of this image under U.S. and international copyright laws. How to set the intonation on a Gibson or Tune-o-matic bridge. If either slip under the bridge, you will need heat to soften the remaining glue to remove the bridge. Fender has made many different styles of bridges throughout the years, although the basic design of the Fender bridges has stayed the same. This image may not be used by other entities without the express written consent of wikiHow, Inc.
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