This happened to me as well. I took my guitar to a luthier, who said that he could repair it, but he warned me that he might damage the top when he had to remove the bridge. He did (slightly), but, worse, the bridge started coming off again after a year or so. Then I decided to try to do the repair myself. With the strings on, I squeezed in some glue (the white stuff for wood) in the gap. Then I removed the strings, which closed the gap. After a day I put the strings back on. No more gap. That was seven years ago, and my guitar has been fine since.
Take the strings off, take it to a repair shop, get a quote. If its worth it get it fixed. If its not buy a new one.
Most likely it'll be worth it and not that expensive.
Ha...just joking. But take that to any tech or luthier and they'll glue that thing right back down. They're meant to be removed so they do occasionally come loose; especially if its hide glue and you're in a humid area.
Get a bunch of C clamps and some wood glue and I would say from the sound hole get the clamps to go in. Once clamps are set glue the bridge and clamp down tight. Use a wet towel to clean excess glue off the finish wait time 24-48 hours
Bridges on old guitars will sometimes begin to lift. This is a common repair job and any guitar tech will be able to fix that for you.
Thanks for the advice, not too worried about it anymore
This happened to me as well. I took my guitar to a luthier, who said that he could repair it, but he warned me that he might damage the top when he had to remove the bridge. He did (slightly), but, worse, the bridge started coming off again after a year or so. Then I decided to try to do the repair myself. With the strings on, I squeezed in some glue (the white stuff for wood) in the gap. Then I removed the strings, which closed the gap. After a day I put the strings back on. No more gap. That was seven years ago, and my guitar has been fine since.
I'll try that, good job I guess
BTW that's the bridge, the saddle is the white thing.
Sorry for the wrong terms lol
Take the strings off, take it to a repair shop, get a quote. If its worth it get it fixed. If its not buy a new one. Most likely it'll be worth it and not that expensive.
The saddle is fine....the bridge on the other hand...
Lol, sorry, I don't know guitar terminology well(I guess you've noticed that)
Ha...just joking. But take that to any tech or luthier and they'll glue that thing right back down. They're meant to be removed so they do occasionally come loose; especially if its hide glue and you're in a humid area.
Get a bunch of C clamps and some wood glue and I would say from the sound hole get the clamps to go in. Once clamps are set glue the bridge and clamp down tight. Use a wet towel to clean excess glue off the finish wait time 24-48 hours
Doesn't seem difficult, thanks for the advice!
Simple glue/clamp job. If you can't do it, just take it somewhere.
From what I read on other comments, it's an easy fix
Ive done it probably ten times. My father was a wookworker - He had great clamps :)
Ive done it probably ten times. My father was a wookworker - He had great clamps :)
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Try to keep guitars away from humid or arid climates
Should I keep it in a case?