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26th May 2009, 10:26 PM #1
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Removing tune-o-matic/stopbar posts
Over the last few years I've been working on refinishing an old Ibanez Les Paul replica I've had lying around. I'm wondering if it's possible (or if I should even be attempting this) to remove the in-body posts for the bridge and stopbar without wrecking the body so I can prepare and work the areas for staining/painting.
The finish on all the bridge pieces is pretty lack lustre so I'd like to replace them eventually as well.
Any thoughts and/or dire warnings requiring hit squads to be sent to my house?
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26th May 2009, 11:21 PM #2
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ofcourse its possible....
last and first time i pulled some out was about 5 years ago lol... my way was very dodgy, but worked
i just layed a block of wood across the body , got a bolt that fit in the post, and used a crowbar that had a hole in it (convenient...lol) .....
i put the bolt through the hole and screwed it into the bridge post and levered it out adding another bit of wood as it came out further
but i know now there is a tool on stewmac that is designed just for pulling them out....
but thats the expensive way..... lol
(IDEA! if you look through the middle of the ppost and can see the body wood (no bottom on the post) you could drop a smaller bolt or something in the bottom of it and do the screw up, hopefully forcing the posts out you would probably want to use a bolt and a socket for this method rather than the original height adjustment screw and a screwdriver... one slip and you got a nice long gouge out of the top of your body lol)
lol
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27th May 2009, 10:59 AM #3
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i've drilled a hole in a bit of wood that was the same size as the posts and then bought a short bolt that is the same thread and a suitable sized washer. by laying the wood over the post then screwing the bolt in with the washer keeping it over the wood the post should come out fairly easily.
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27th May 2009, 12:52 PM #4
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I use a block of wood over a cork tile, and a claw hammer to pull the bushes out.
I just had a guitar shipping back to me that I built a couple years ago... the owner for some reason wanted to pull the bushes out, couldnt, snapped the earth wire (i solder them on) and then got the engineers at his work to remove them... which they did with a cordless drill and a drill bit that was 1mm larger than the hole...
What a mess. 5A flame top too.
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27th May 2009, 02:58 PM #5
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idiots!
Originally Posted by rhoads56
I use a block of wood over a cork tile, and a claw hammer to pull the bushes out.
I just had a guitar shipping back to me that I built a couple years ago... the owner for some reason wanted to pull the bushes out, couldnt, snapped the earth wire (i solder them on) and then got the engineers at his work to remove them... which they did with a cordless drill and a drill bit that was 1mm larger than the hole...
What a mess. 5A flame top too.
the claw hammer idea is simple too
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27th May 2009, 03:17 PM #6
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Thanks folks. It's such an obviously simple answer that I thought there must have been another way to do it. I have a great fear that as the posts come out they'll splinter the top of the body. I guess I'll find out eventually, but with using a mix of everyone's suggestions I feel a bit more confident about trying it now
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27th May 2009, 09:52 PM #7
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Ive probably removed the posts on a good 200 guitars now. Never had one splinter even slightly. Originally Posted by RedShirtGuy
Thanks folks. It's such an obviously simple answer that I thought there must have been another way to do it. I have a great fear that as the posts come out they'll splinter the top of the body. I guess I'll find out eventually, but with using a mix of everyone's suggestions I feel a bit more confident about trying it now
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