Hey Dalton!
Have you found a better alternative than canopy glue for your ABS binding yet? I’ve had a similar issue finding an adhesive for celluloid binding repair that won’t attack NC lacquer.

Karl Borum (GAL)
Saint Charles MO

“…I am wondering where that extra length came from? Is that from the string travel (intonation adjustment) on the tuneomatic bridge piece?”

The intonation at the bridge is related to the stiffness of steel strings, and the differing degree of string stretch when fretted. String stretch is also why, when you check intonation at the 12th fret,…

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My two cents: Do exactly as Dan did and use an adjustable bridge so you have adjustability instead of a set saddle situation. I think the original saddle was adjustable yes?

HAHA! Yes, gluing fingertips! When I started out a few months ago, I ground off my thumb pad. Took for ever to heal. I learned a neat trick. I take gaffers tape and wad it up and stick it to small things like nuts etc. Control from a distance and quick and easy.

The belt sander is such a go to in my shop! When I worked at Santa Cruz I learned to shape custom carves as close as possible on the belt sander just like this. I shape so much on the sander, sometimes its worth super glueing your fingertips.

Also, if I don’t tunnel vision on the question, and watch this video, this is a great tutorial on how useful a simple sander can be to guitar people. I mean the guy is shaping the neck on it. There are other videos of him shaping a bridge completely free form on the thing. He uses the sander for shaping his braces. It’s his go to…….

Stop action shows it to be single bolt on……..

You can fix it if you want as a learning process if you haven’t done the fix. Good training for when something serious comes in. The picture of the neck heat was learning for me. We were able to get a replacement neck for the instrument but I wanted to see and experiment for myself. I had access to the truss rod if it needed replacing. …

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