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At least I know know that it is definitely different.
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You can do the channels with a chisel, if you don't have the right routing jigs. It will take a lot of patience and care, but it can be done.
"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
It is reversible, yes- that is an advantage for an acoustic guitar bridge.
I don't see that being an advantage, for instance, when gluing head stocking facing woods or- you never need to take them off so why have that component reversible?
The problem with hide glue is the open time- which is seconds.
You have less than 10 seconds to get everything in the right place- otherwise you are reaching for the hair dryer to reopen the glue and it quickly gets messy.
Also hide glue needs to be heated up and kept warm- it is time consuming so there has to be a tangible advantage to doing it.
Some luthiers turn glue almost into a fetish item- virtually no factory made guitars use hide glue, fwiw.
Something that not a lot of people know about aliphatic glues is they can be reopened with heat- it just requires more heat than a hide glue. I've done this in the past when correcting bridge positions or fixing binding problems.
Also I find that different types of hide glue are better for different jobs- I tend to use rabbit skin glue for bridges and bone glue for binding. Rabbit skin glue is especially great because it doesn't creep.
So, for me at least, it is horses for courses.
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And the Titebond Hide Glue is rubbish so avoid that too.
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Sorry .
"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
if it's liquid at room temperature you have none of the benefits it can bring
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As it also happens, I am acutely aware of Titebond I's ability to soften under heat. I built an acoustic with Mark of Bailey guitars and unfortunately the Macassar ebony developed several cracks in the the back. We took the back off and also the bolt on neck whose fingerboard was glued down with Titebond. It took a while, but a palette knife and a hot lamp worked.
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adam