Mine wasn't big enough to push the insert into a maple sample without stressing it. It may have worked fine on the guitar since it was softer.
Hammer did work fine though.
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53 GT: Yet another leaning tailpiece
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Hammer did work fine though.
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Was it just the metal that was bent, or did the wood need 'fixing'? I can't tell.
Apparently early on they used 1/2" inserts that were not up to the task. They leaned in the wood over time. Replacing it with a 1" insert solves the problem.
It isn't metal bending or crushing but the 1/2" long inserts tilt or twist in the mortise smashing into the side walls of the mortise. The next generation inserts Gibson used were 7/8" and 1" which had a larger grip on the side walls of the mortise preventing the tilting. The 1/2" inserts was a BAD IDEA in every way!
Exactly. The 1/2" inserts I removed were not bent or deformed in any way. I didn't need to do anything to fix the wood, but I did steam it a bit to allow the "smashing" to come out a bit. With the 1" inserts, the bottom 1/2" of new hole combined with the very top part of the hole being still good resolved the problem.