Martin LX1 - Lifting Bridge

This Little Martin (LX1) belongs to the same guy who came in with the Big Baby Taylor. What a cute pair, eh? At a glance, you would not see anything odd about this guitar, except that it's missing strings, a saddle and bridge pins. No belly bulge or lifting bridge, apparently. Wrong! Seems that when tuned to pitch, the bridge does lift, and the gap is wide enough to accommodate an envelope. Well, then, no two ways about this. Just squirting some glue is not going to work as new glue does not adhere to old glue. We'll have to go the whole hog and detach the bridge from the top. Then scrape and sand off excess glue and any splinters from the bottom of the bridge, and make sure we have a level surface. Repeat the same procedure for the corresponding area on the top. Only then can we reglue the bridge to the top. It's going to be a lot of work, but there's no other option. Recorded at 15:52 on October 9, 2026. CA Guitar Repair. Taman Impian Ku, 25200 Kuantan.