Broken Acoustic guitar (bridge trouble)

[elkym]

This is a camping guitar-- I really don't care what it looks like-- if it sounds halfway decent and plays okay I'm good.

But the bridge has come up, I glued it back down and clamped it for a couple of days-- but after 6 months, it's back where it was. I don't think just glueing it will do it.

What'll happen if I put a couple of screws through the bridge? Are there other solutions? Or should I just chuck it?

 

[Rob Sharer]

Screws never do anything positive to a bridge. It needs to come off and be cleaned, because you need to glue wood to wood, not old glue to old glue. Cheers,

Rob

 

[walterw]

ayep, but since you could just buy another plywood "camping guitar" for $100, it might not be worth the bother.