Epoxy Repair to bridge top

[Greg Newell]

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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 

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