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I had 2 guitars ,a Larrivee and a Santa Cruz with stuck saddles over the weekend.I can usually get them un-stuck.Neither would budge even with a little heat .One of the guitars was a bridge re-glue and I still couldn`t get the saddle out after I had heated the bridge with the saddle still in it and pulled the bridge.Even if it had been glued in ,it should have come out.Of course they were both plastic so I had to be a little careful with the heat.Any thoughts?

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James W Bolan
Nashville Tennessee

I've been having the same luck with a Martin D-18V. I'm building a saddle routing jig to get the job done.

Steve

I've had some luck grabbing them with a small end nipper and rocking them.

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It's not what you don't know that hurts you, it's what you do know that's wrong.

I use my fret puller very carefully at the center and rock them out.

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Brian

You never know what you are capable of until you actually try.

https://www.howardguitarsdelaware.com/

apply cold to the saddle. it will shrink away from the bridge. usually a block of aluminum with a saddle sized slot in it that has been dunked in liquid nitrogen, or alcohol and ice, or stuck in the freezer for an hour or so. wear gloves.

easy-peasy.

You got that?

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Brian

You never know what you are capable of until you actually try.

https://www.howardguitarsdelaware.com/

Liquid nitrogen seems a little extreame, plus being difficult to source. Dry ice in acetone should get you down to about -100° F.

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A man hears what he wants to hear, and disreguards the rest. Paul Simon

no, we have it at the day job.