Learn About Guitar Bridge and Tailpiece Installation and Repair

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Trevor Wilkinson's VSVG Vintage Strat-Style Bridge
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Trevor Wilkinson's VSVG Vintage Strat-Style Bridge
3 Easy Mods to Make Your Fender Squier Stratocaster Play Great!
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3 Easy Mods to Make Your Fender Squier Stratocaster Play Great!
StewMac Acoustic Bridge Tools Instructions
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StewMac Acoustic Bridge Tools Instructions
Floyd Rose Tremolo Instructions
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Floyd Rose Tremolo Instructions
Where to cut the saddle slot on this guitar bridge?
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Where to cut the saddle slot on this guitar bridge?
Gluing a 1940s Gibson Bridge
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Gluing a 1940s Gibson Bridge
Problem: a WaRpEd guitar top!
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Problem: a WaRpEd guitar top!
Grain runout made this guitar bridge pop off!
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Grain runout made this guitar bridge pop off!
How to finish an acoustic guitar bridge
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How to finish an acoustic guitar bridge
Setting the string spacing at the bridge
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Setting the string spacing at the bridge
How to use the Acoustic Guitar Bridge Template
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How to use the Acoustic Guitar Bridge Template
YIKES! Using a reamer in an electric drill
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YIKES! Using a reamer in an electric drill
How to install classical guitar strings
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How to install classical guitar strings
My friend Carl's bridge gluing tips
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My friend Carl's bridge gluing tips
Fixing a Tune-O-Matic that won't tune
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Fixing a Tune-O-Matic that won't tune
Fixing fret buzz: raising the saddles
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Fixing fret buzz: raising the saddles
Chopping the ends off bridge pins
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Chopping the ends off bridge pins
Helpful repair magnet gizmo, and 1970s Earthwood Bass!
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Helpful repair magnet gizmo, and 1970s Earthwood Bass!
How to notch the saddles on your Les Paul
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How to notch the saddles on your Les Paul
No-cost tools for shaping Martin guitar bridges
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No-cost tools for shaping Martin guitar bridges
Martin Guitar Bridge Shaping Gauge
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Martin Guitar Bridge Shaping Gauge
Is this bridge saddle in the right place?
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Is this bridge saddle in the right place?
Do-it-yourself banjo bridge lifter
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Do-it-yourself banjo bridge lifter
Fixing a loose bridge on a yard sale special
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Fixing a loose bridge on a yard sale special
Bridge collapse! Carving an archtop guitar bridge in a hurry!
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Bridge collapse! Carving an archtop guitar bridge in a hurry!
My guitar's too vintage for club gigs, so I created a backup
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My guitar's too vintage for club gigs, so I created a backup
Tune-o-matic swap: going from Nashville to Kalamazoo
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Tune-o-matic swap: going from Nashville to Kalamazoo
Fixing a potbelly with the Belly Reducer
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Fixing a potbelly with the Belly Reducer
How to install a Strat tremolo and get it right
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How to install a Strat tremolo and get it right
Rugged and road-ready: replacing skimpy parts
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Rugged and road-ready: replacing skimpy parts
Christine's inexpensive guitar needs a bridge repair: fix it or pitch it?
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Christine's inexpensive guitar needs a bridge repair: fix it or pitch it?
Moneytalk: an easy repair -- until it blew up in my hands!
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Moneytalk: an easy repair -- until it blew up in my hands!
Mixing active and passive pickups in a jazz guitar
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Mixing active and passive pickups in a jazz guitar
1955 Gibson TV finish: recreating that unique see-thru yellow
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1955 Gibson TV finish: recreating that unique see-thru yellow
Using a utility knife blade as a saddle shaper
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Using a utility knife blade as a saddle shaper
Two 1917 Gibson L-1 archtop guitars: each with too-high action
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Two 1917 Gibson L-1 archtop guitars: each with too-high action
Are you supposed to slot Tune-o-matic bridge saddles?
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Are you supposed to slot Tune-o-matic bridge saddles?
How to know a bridge will play in tune before gluing it on
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How to know a bridge will play in tune before gluing it on
How to see inside a guitar body if you don't have X-Ray Specs
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How to see inside a guitar body if you don't have X-Ray Specs
How to clean a guitar that REALLY needs it!
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How to clean a guitar that REALLY needs it!
Tune-O-Matic setup: is the trouble with the bridge or the neck angle?
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Tune-O-Matic setup: is the trouble with the bridge or the neck angle?
Vintage retainer wire: searching Nashville for one little guitar part!
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Vintage retainer wire: searching Nashville for one little guitar part!
Fixing a 1937 Martin bridge. The first step is fixing a sandwich!
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Fixing a 1937 Martin bridge. The first step is fixing a sandwich!
Removing the glued-in saddle on a 1937 Martin D-28 Herringbone
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Removing the glued-in saddle on a 1937 Martin D-28 Herringbone
What's the problem with swapping Fender and Gibson bridges?
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What's the problem with swapping Fender and Gibson bridges?
Tremolo tips: staying in tune with a twang bar
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Tremolo tips: staying in tune with a twang bar
Bridge Pin Hole Chamfer Tool Instructions
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Bridge Pin Hole Chamfer Tool Instructions
Thompson Belly Reducer Instructions
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Thompson Belly Reducer Instructions
Custom-fit your bridge pins for better sound
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Custom-fit your bridge pins for better sound
Clean up your old electric guitar saddles
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Clean up your old electric guitar saddles
One dead string driving me crazy! (Transducer trouble...)
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One dead string driving me crazy! (Transducer trouble...)
The fake through-saddle bridge: stronger than vintage
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The fake through-saddle bridge: stronger than vintage
Better tone with a lighter Tune-o-matic bridge and tailpiece
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Better tone with a lighter Tune-o-matic bridge and tailpiece
Making a perfect bridge with the Sanding Station
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Making a perfect bridge with the Sanding Station
Fitting an archtop bridge, easily and accurately
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Fitting an archtop bridge, easily and accurately
Acoustic guitar pickups: installation problems to avoid
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Acoustic guitar pickups: installation problems to avoid
Finding the right location for a guitar's saddle slot
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Finding the right location for a guitar's saddle slot
Making new bridge pins look old on a vintage Gibson
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Making new bridge pins look old on a vintage Gibson
Tune-o-matic installation and set up tips
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Tune-o-matic installation and set up tips
Finding saddle location with the Saddlematic
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Finding saddle location with the Saddlematic
Neck Set Gauge Instructions
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Neck Set Gauge Instructions
Bridge Plate Repair
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Bridge Plate Repair
Correct saddle intonation with The Intonator
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Correct saddle intonation with The Intonator
Resonator Guitar Spider Bridge & Cone
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Resonator Guitar Spider Bridge & Cone
National-Style Biscuit Bridge
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National-Style Biscuit Bridge
Saddle Routing Jig Instructions
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Saddle Routing Jig Instructions
Wilkinson Compensated Tele Saddles
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Wilkinson Compensated Tele Saddles
Compensated Saddles for Telecaster
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Compensated Saddles for Telecaster
Bridge fitting for archtops
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Bridge fitting for archtops
Quick Cauls
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Quick Cauls
JLD Bridge Doctor Instructions
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JLD Bridge Doctor Instructions
Bridge Pin Hole Slotting
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Bridge Pin Hole Slotting