Hi, folks
What do you reckon is the best to stabilise this:
It's on an old Eko 12 string. No great shakes value-wise - our band's guitarist has had it stuck in his loft for years and for the sake of a set of strings, we reckoned it's worth a try to get it cleaned up and playable.
There's nothing I can do with replacing the bridge itself - as you can see, they pop-riveted the bridges, bless 'em, but I'd like to just make sure the crack doesn't flex and make the tuning unreliable, especially as it is the 'main' strings row of pegs.
What do you reckon? Wick some thin cyano and then, once that's cured, gap fill with Z-poxy?
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Looking at the saddle slot, that might have been done once already...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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I also wondered about that squeeze-out, but I'm pretty sure Paul has had this from new and hasn't ever had anything done to it. The Eko has the adjustable bridge and so the squeeze out doesn't actually interfere with anything mechanical, so dunno...maybe it was always there? Pretty certain the pop rivets are original and they seem completely sound (the plastic cover on the middle one actually fell off as the pegs were being pulled. I've had a mirror in the sound box and there is no sign of retro work)
I'll see how runny I can get the epoxy. Actually for using Z-epoxy as a finish I think I remember you can thin it - would that be an alternative to heating it, do you think?
I just found this article. This example is identical inside with the rectangular metal 'washers'
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
flatsawn wenge is a bad choice for a bridge and I am not surprised it's split, but it should be fine once repaired.
it is worth checking if the bridge plate needs work at the same time.
also, the flatsawn wenge fretboards on these old Eko's can suffer from bad fingerboard divots. It seems like the light grain wears a lot quicker than the dark grain, and being flatsawn you get wide areas of lighter grain. It's all fixable but it was enough to convince me to stick to quartersawn wenge in necks
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I'll have a go with warming the z-poxy and see how it goes.
Thanks for the tips, folks