Re: Advice needed on removing nails from fretboard
Originally Posted by
Ira7
Really? Nails to hold a pickguard?
So I guess they’re hammered in before the neck is joined to the body.
A picture is worth a thousand words. They actually used two in the fretboard and in the case of some older A models one through a hole in the bridge to keep it in place. It must have worked reasonably well. Although we have these sort of questions occasionally pop up they don't come up daily. The closeup image was uploaded years ago by the late Paul Hostetter.
The use of hardware store items in instrument manufacturing isn't all that unusual. Check out vintage banjo scratch guards if you want to see what can be done with bicycle spokes.
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