Bridges

While the guitars have been lacquered I used the time to make some bridges. Above is the prototype of a string through for one of the upcoming steelstrings. The lacquered used for these will be a DD-lacquer for the bodies and oil for the necks. DD is a Polyurethane-based two-compount lacquer and is very stable und durable although it is quite thin. And it takes a nice semi gloss. Poping out the grain structure of the wild figured Bubinga.

Next on the agenda: gluing on bridges. Therefore you make a cut through the lacquer and remove it on the area where the bridge will go. I was scraping it off with a chisel which took quite a while. The two holes helped the fix the bridge to its location because once glue is applied and you try to put your clamps it will glide in all direction instead of stay at the place you want it to. So this step is important and helps a lot. The clamps I use are self made and they work fine.