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stewmac used to make bolts that fit in the bridge pin holes that were hollow inside to allow a string to pass through for temporary bridge mounting. I bet you could adapt those to hold your lever and save yourself having to glue/uncle the bridge…

I was thinking the same. Colin, it’s these bolts - https://www.stewmac.com/luthier-tools-a ... kage-of-4/

And yes, please do not uncle the bridge. That’s just weird.


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I'll try not too.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Thanks guys, these wre my first thought. I'd absolutely love to not have to glue the bridge on, only thing is the bridge couples with the X braces (overlap them) and as they are the main ""stiffener," of the soundboard,.resisting bridge rotation don't think I would get a realistic rotation reading without gluing it.
Can't see a way round it.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Why not try with the bolts and then measure what happens when the guitar is done? Even if the accuracy wasn’t one hundred percent there, if it was consistently off between bolted and glued it would still provide useable data without uncling your bridge…

That does suggest something to me.
Why don't I try it first with the bolts, then with the bridge glued, then uncle the bridge then finish the guitar and check rotation
That would give me more data .

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Exactly. If you find that bolts are always say x more rotation than glued, the bolted numbers can be a proper predictor…anyway, no harm in trying besides the cost of a couple of bolts…