ODavidIsCoolO Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 Hey I am trying to take apart my les paul guitar body so i can start sanding and refinishing but the metal things that the bridge and tailpiece screw into are making me mad. I have never refinished a guitar before so i am having a hard time getting those things out . HELP ME PLEASE!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 Stewmac has a bushing puller tool that I think is for getting those press-in bushings out, as long as you can get the tool just under the flange, or have the screw in the bushing. You should be able to make the stewmac tool without a whole lot of trouble. Just depends what you have more of : time or money. Along with using a bushing puller tool, you can first heat the bushings with a soldering iron, but too much heat will burn the wood, and heating does no good if you don't have a way to pull up on the bushing when it's hot . There are other more dangerous methods, like various tools/blades to pry and pull, but I don't even want to go into that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManWhoSoldTheWorld Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 the way i did it was I set a pillow down on the body, so not to damage it, then i screwed the screws in a few turns, then I got a big flat blade screwdriver and pried. Not the safest method, but it work fine for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 go here this is for removing the trem post bushings. it will work for the LP, this is what I'm doing on my Epi LP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdjr74 Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 I made my own puller by taking a flat rubber washer and a hard piece of metal like a cut off piece of pipe. I put the washer on the guitar top, the metal on top of the washer and then I screw in the post into the stud, as you tighten the stud it pulls the bushing out. Kind o hard to explain without showing you but it takes like 2 minutes and I've never damaged a guitar. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODavidIsCoolO Posted May 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 Thank you all for your replies i think i might try the home made bushing puller because i have more time than money to buy the 35.oo dollar puller off of stew mac. But thanx for the replies cause now i have a few ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 have you considered leaving them in and masking them off so as not to get paint on them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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