Dear Collective Wisdom,
I'm working on a soundboard and my usual procedure is to glue the
bridge on first, flip it over onto a flat board with a recess cut to
take the bridge then glue on the bars.
Is this the usual way to do it, or are there other options that might
be
Bill,
There are several ways to do this. The way you mentioned works fine and
gives a good clamp surface under the bridge. I have found that I like
to glue the bridge on after the top is partially glued on. To get the
first string to align with the edge of the fingerboard to the
