Glue
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 10:57 am
Who knew?!
the more I look into glues and joinery the more I am thinking that the 2 main factors will come down to the techniques of joinery used and how refined the joint is made
The other variable is the clamping technique. There is a sweet spot on the different glues on how thick the glue line should be. Of all of this , the joint integrity or the way the surfaces mate is most likely the most critical.
In guitars the one issue of cold creep may be the most notable. Taylor uses a plastic pin on the bridges to locate the bridge on the top and the pin also helps to keep the bridge from creeping. Alan Carruth has noted this phenomenon . I have stopped using tite bond in bracing and bridge. I do prefer HHG and fish but agree many great guitars are made with tite bond.