Acoustic Guitar Repair In Bangkok, Where?

[jumnien]

A good friend has a Martin acoustic steel string guitar with the bridge coming unglued. I'm not exactly sure what is wrong with it. He wanted to know if anyone knows of a good shop or guitar maker who could repair this guitar reliably. Anyone with any experience?

[KhunAussie52]

If your friend is the original owner of the Martin,it should be covered by a life time warranty.

I am not sure whether they are sold in Thailand,check with the Martin web site.....if i had the clamps here,i could repair it.....not a difficult job

Sorry could not be of any further help

[sgunn65]

There are several guitar shops that sell Martin, including one at the Mall Bang Kapi (I am a regular here and one of the guys speaks English) also at the Mall Bang Na and a new shop on the 4th floor at Central World

[Rimmer]

Martin have three dealers in Thailand they are listed as follows:

Boomers Music Co., Ltd. Bangkok 66-2-477-8601

Kit Chareon Musical Ltd., Bangkok 10200 662-222-4712

Lucky Music Public Bangkok 10400 662-251-3319

[Rimmer]

The bridge is coming un glued

I never heard of that before on a Martin could be a manufacturing fault but doubtful, maybe he is tuning consistantly higher than concert pitch and or using heavy gauge strings.

[LuckyGuitar]

The bridge is coming un glued

I never heard of that before on a Martin could be a manufacturing fault but doubtful, maybe he is tuning consistantly higher than concert pitch and or using heavy gauge strings.

A bridge is put on at the factory with glue. This is a common thing and an easy fix, although you want a qualified repairperson to do the work. Glue sometimes fails, it's a fact of life. As a matter of fact, I would venture to guess that 95% of ALL acoustic guitars have this problem at some point. Unless they're put together with superglue or epoxy, which, from an acoustical sound point of view is simply stupid. Talk to the Martin dealers, see who they recommend for the repairwork, and good luck!

For some reason I cannot post the url, but Martin's website has an article about temperature and humidity that explains all of this better than I ever could. Check it out at mguitar.com/guitars/technical/humidity.html