https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-i-re-seat-bridge-posts/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:23:16 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-i-re-seat-bridge-posts/paged/2/#post-310553 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:07:48 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance The Dali https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-i-re-seat-bridge-posts/paged/2/#post-310553 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-i-re-seat-bridge-posts/paged/2/#post-310317 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:17:55 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Nick Torres https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-i-re-seat-bridge-posts/paged/2/#post-310317 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-i-re-seat-bridge-posts/paged/2/#post-310306 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:02:39 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance The Dali https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-i-re-seat-bridge-posts/paged/2/#post-310306 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-i-re-seat-bridge-posts/paged/2/#post-309874 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:34:16 +0000
If your current approach fails get yourself a small piece of maple. Scrap will do. Whittle off some shavings using a pocket knife. Remove the tp or whatever you have in there and glue in the shavings around the hole, making the dimensions a little smaller. Use Titebond to glue it. That should be a much more permanent fix. Good idea.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Ragz https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-i-re-seat-bridge-posts/paged/2/#post-309874 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-i-re-seat-bridge-posts/#post-309852 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:59:53 +0000
If your current approach fails get yourself a small piece of maple. Scrap will do. Whittle off some shavings using a pocket knife. Remove the tp or whatever you have in there and glue in the shavings around the hole, making the dimensions a little smaller. Use Titebond to glue it. That should be a much more permanent fix.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Nick Torres https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-i-re-seat-bridge-posts/#post-309852 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-i-re-seat-bridge-posts/#post-309843 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:40:19 +0000
Go to home depot and buy a couple of dowels that are about the same diameter, you can guesstimate. Get one smaller and one larger. They are cheap. Now see what one fits in the existing holes. You might just luck out and get one that fits perfectly, just a little tight. Glue that puppy in place. Well, that was something i was thinking of doing originally. However, no one offered any sort of response to the post i made on this thread almost a month ago. So i had to find my own resolution. I'm not a handy person with drills, etc by any means. So i wanted to get it done with the least possible risk to myself or my guitar :)
If the method i used doesn't hold out, then there's the option you mentioned. But that means..
1) i need to buy a dremel
2) i need to buy the drill press guide
3) i need to pray i don't mess it up :)

So until the current method fails, which i'm sure it will eventually (although i may of sold the guitar by then to get a better one, hehe), i'll let it stay as is.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Ragz https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-i-re-seat-bridge-posts/#post-309843 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-i-re-seat-bridge-posts/#post-309840 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:22:50 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance TRGuitar https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-i-re-seat-bridge-posts/#post-309840 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-i-re-seat-bridge-posts/#post-309793 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:48:43 +0000
Go to home depot and buy a couple of dowels that are about the same diameter, you can guesstimate. Get one smaller and one larger. They are cheap. Now see what one fits in the existing holes. You might just luck out and get one that fits perfectly, just a little tight. Glue that puppy in place.

If you have a dremel, you can get a drill press guide for it.


If you have a drill you can do the same with something like this.



Re-drill to the proper size for the inserts and you are good to go.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Nick Torres https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-i-re-seat-bridge-posts/#post-309793 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-i-re-seat-bridge-posts/#post-309789 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:47:28 +0000
I wasn't willing to glue the mounts in permanently. So i looked at other options. One of those was to take some tissue paper/toilet paper and line the holes in the body with it.
Adding this was just what the doctor ordered. The mountings went in tightly, without any give or play. It worked out perfectly and if i need to remove them, i can do so too.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Ragz https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-i-re-seat-bridge-posts/#post-309789 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-i-re-seat-bridge-posts/#post-307082 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:22:04 +0000
How did you solve this in the end? As i'm in the same situation right now with some posts on my Les Paul copy.
I took the old posts out from my bridge and tailpiece, as they were old and looked crappy (all pitted and the gold plate had come off and the metal was just in bad shape, it'd survived there since the 70's). The new ones i got are slightly too small and don't fit snugly into the existing holes.

So i'm now trying to work out the best way to make the new posts fit snugly into the holes, so i can screw in the tailpiece and bridge properly.

Thanks]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Ragz https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/how-do-i-re-seat-bridge-posts/#post-307082