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Semi hollow body saddle repair
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Semi hollow body saddle repair
Hi fellow loothers,
I have a customer with a semi hollow body, Epiphone Sorrento. One of the Tun-O-Matic saddle screws got pushed through. Looking for some advice and or parts for the repair. Is there a name for the part that is the sleeve that the screws sits in?
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Man that should have some kind of threaded insert. Not sure if the one I linked is the right kind. You’d have to either check the threads or commit to changing over to the new hardware. It occurs to me that in an absolute pinch you could add another thumb wheel on the inside of the guitar. That would be pretty barbarian though.
stewmac.com
Nashville Tune-o-matic Studs and Bushings - StewMac
Nashville Tune-o-matic bridge replacement parts.
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I agree with Ian. It should have something to spread the load beyond the threaded portion on of the post. An insert would do that. If you don’t want to alter the guitar you could plug the hole, re-drill and thread the post in, then run an extra thumb when down agains the top. I would thread lock that in place to act like an insert. Then adjust the height of the bridge with the original thumb wheel.
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I have 2 Epi semi-hollows, a Riviera and a 335 Pro. Both have bushings in the wood where the bridge posts mount. Depending on what thread that one is (mine are both different) my local Ace hardware stocks bushings that fit imperial thread 8-32, but not sure about metric thread.
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