Post by Jim on Apr 1, 2019 8:45:58 GMT -5
Saw this on a Martin website this morning:
Martin owners - I need some help. I changed strings for the first time on my GPCPA1. I used the strings the Martin web site recommended but the strings didn't sound very good. I wanted to change to another brand, but I can't get the bridge pins out. When I installed the new strings I wasn't sure what kind of glue to use on my pins so I looked it up (google search) and found a site by Stewart McDonald that said bridges should use Tite-Bond glue. So that's where I bought it. It doesn't look much different than Elmer's glue so I figured that's why it's recommended for the bridge - should be easy to break loose.
But they won't come out! I even tried heat and steam but now the top of the guitar has cracks. They don't look like they go through the varnish, that is, I don't think the wood is cracked but the finish is.
How do I get these pins out of the bridge? I think I can paint the cracks with some polyurathane I bought at the hardware store but none of this will do any good if I can't get the bridge pins out.
This is a really nice guitar and cost a LOT of money. What should I do?
? Should I call Martin?
Michael
Martin owners - I need some help. I changed strings for the first time on my GPCPA1. I used the strings the Martin web site recommended but the strings didn't sound very good. I wanted to change to another brand, but I can't get the bridge pins out. When I installed the new strings I wasn't sure what kind of glue to use on my pins so I looked it up (google search) and found a site by Stewart McDonald that said bridges should use Tite-Bond glue. So that's where I bought it. It doesn't look much different than Elmer's glue so I figured that's why it's recommended for the bridge - should be easy to break loose.
But they won't come out! I even tried heat and steam but now the top of the guitar has cracks. They don't look like they go through the varnish, that is, I don't think the wood is cracked but the finish is.
How do I get these pins out of the bridge? I think I can paint the cracks with some polyurathane I bought at the hardware store but none of this will do any good if I can't get the bridge pins out.
This is a really nice guitar and cost a LOT of money. What should I do?
? Should I call Martin?Michael
