Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

If those ferruels are glued in, a little heat by pressing a soldering iron on to the ferrule will help them come out. Don't damage the surface of the wood or the finish with the soldering iron or by carelessness. Tap them from behind with a drift. Are there corresponding ferrules on the back of the...

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Fri Jul 14, 2017 9:37 am

My guess is the ferrules should have been on the back,looks home made it's about having fun .

Sweet, thanks mate.

Apologies if i am stating the obvious but if i were you sometime soon i'd be sourcing a bridge and taking a few measurements to see what scale length i was going to work with, amongst other things. And welcome also but didn't catch your name? Steve Sorry, it's Aaron. I'll figure all the measurement...

Hey guys. First time I've posted and this is my first attack at a strip down and fix up. Just got a few questions. Firstly I am uncertain if these bits where this guitar is string through can come out as I'm looking to sand this guy down. Also I got given this body without a neck. I'm not sure if I ...