Top products from r/Vintageguitars
We found 3 product mention on r/Vintageguitars. We ranked the 3 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. Ernie Ball Earthwood Light 80/20 Bronze Acoustic Set, .011 - .052
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Wound Strings are 80% copper, 20% zinc wire wrapped around hex shaped tin plated steel core wirePlain strings are made of specially tempered tin plated high carbon steelThe most popular acoustic guitar string alloy provides well balanced projection with crisp pleasing highsElement Shield Packaging P...
Show Reddit reviews2. Tailpiece - Kluson, Trapeze, Nickel
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
This is the recreation of the popular Kluson® #9 tailpieceThis particular model tailpiece was preferred for many vintage era arch-top guitar builds and is still one of the best choices available todayFits large archtop instruments with a rim thickness of 2-7/8 inor moreMachined brass.
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Buy this: https://www.amazon.com/Greenten-String-Archtop-Rosewood-Hardware/dp/B015AUNPP6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1527273224&sr=8-3&keywords=archtop+guitar+bridge - Line it up with the points in the F-holes, roughly.
And buy a set of these: https://www.amazon.com/Ernie-Ball-Earthwood-Bronze-Acoustic/dp/B0002PBS5Y/ref=sr_1_6?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1527273255&sr=1-6&keywords=acoustic+guitar+strings
String them up to tension. It doesn't have to be perfect, but it needs to counter the tension the truss rod is exerting on the neck from the inside. I don't know whether it's been warped or bowed without inspecting it personally, but you could take a ruler or another straight edge and lay its center over the 12th fret (the one with double dots). If it rocks or has a big gap underneath, like a bridge, you know there's tension from the truss.
Try it again after the guitar has been strung up. You would need to use the thin edge of the ruler and place it between the strings once you've strung it up to know.
Good luck. Feel free to PM me or reply to this if you have more questions. I can help and am happy to do so in the spirit of keeping vintage instruments in good shape.