Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
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plastic bridge pins
I am always impressed by these import Blueridge dreadnoughts. This is going to be a gift to a customer's son so he wanted me to look it over. I ended up shimming up the saddle, refitting the uneven plastic bridge pins and replaced the missing end pin.
This guy was finally picked up after 2 years (!). I reglued the bridge, repaired a split in the headstock and glued up a loose tailblock-to-top seam. There was also a loose top brace and the undersaddle pickup was humming so it needed to be replaced.
Quick video originally posted on my snapchat (@chubbuckguitars) and shared to IG:
2006 Tacoma RM6C [4.6 lbs] :: bridge pins & setup.
The original plastic bridge pins were mangled and needed to be replaced. I had to use oversize ebony bridge pins to fit properly as the replacement bone pins I had were too small. Once the new pins were fit, the guitar was set up for open E [EBEG#BE].
2006 Tacoma RM6C :: bridge pin abuse.
Someone did a number on these mutilated plastic bridge pins. They look like they were pounded in with a hammer and removed with Vise-Grips. There is no relief underneath the pin heads making string changes a chore. Time for new bone pins. The bridge pin holes will also be properly countersunk to ease in future removal.
![2004 Blueridge BR-60 [4.2 lbs] :: setup](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1459846993351-V9MCGJFC61XZ9GHC9UZZ/20160401_2004_Blueridge_BR-60_body.jpg)
![Peghead & body damage :: 2002 Tacoma Thunderchief CB28C [6.7 lbs]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1451420351155-RZZK9JC8X4SKJ8MD1R4A/image-asset.jpeg)