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									Modifing a New Bridge - Guitar Repair and Maintenance				            </title>
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                        <title>RE: Modifing a New Bridge</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/modifing-a-new-bridge/#post-166604</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2006 10:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Also after you file, for cleanup on the saddles take a string a gauge or 2 bigger and run it through the slot for a while to take burrs off or it that could cause premature string death. Jus...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Also after you file, for cleanup on the saddles take a string a gauge or 2 bigger and run it through the slot for a while to take burrs off or it that could cause premature string death. Just something to watch out for, goodluck regardless though.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>Manitou</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: Modifing a New Bridge</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/modifing-a-new-bridge/#post-166531</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2006 01:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[You don&#039;t really need much in the way of notching on a bridge -- just enough to hold the strings in place under tension during whatever hard strumming and picking you will dish out. If you n...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[You don't really need much in the way of notching on a bridge -- just enough to hold the strings in place under tension during whatever hard strumming and picking you will dish out. If you need to enlarge the grooves, I recommend a V profile, not a slot or groove such as that in a nut. Use a small <a href="http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Files/Needle_Files.html">triangle needle file</a> for this.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Modifing a New Bridge</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/modifing-a-new-bridge/#post-16336</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2006 22:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I have a tune-o-matic bridge for my Hagstrom. The grooves in the saddles where the strings rest, are not big enough. They are all the same size, and very small. How do I make them bigger, do...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I have a tune-o-matic bridge for my Hagstrom. The grooves in the saddles where the strings rest, are not big enough. They are all the same size, and very small. How do I make them bigger, do I need a special tool, or will a really small file do?]]></content:encoded>
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