hishiad

1: A clothes iron and a palette knife (thin, blunt edged spatula shaped thing) will get that back off very, very quickly.

2: Couple of cam clamps for the bridge (say 3), and cheapest option for doing the back will probably be roping or making spool clamps. I like go-bars, but that might be too fussy for this.

3: Scrape the gluing surfaces clean and use titebond. Most importantly, don't install the bridge backwards (which is how you've placed it in the pics)

For glue, use Titebond original. This isn't a high-value classical, so no need to worry about 'vintage correct' anything.

1. use the iron to heat the knife?

3. On the scraping the gluing surfaces is there a best method for this? Sand paper, scraper, razor blade, etc.??? If sand paper what grit is best

Check if there is a block of wood under the top under where the bridge goes and see that it is solid (not sure they have them on classical guitars). In the photo your bridge has the tie block near the neck and the saddle in the back. It goes the other way round.

Yeah I just laid the bridge on there.

Also what about shining it up some and getting the rust off the tuning heads?

Thanks for the replies too btw was worried I'd not get a response and be in the dark!

Pictures

My father-in-law passed away last April and I was just given a classical guitar that belonged to him. I'll snap some photos to add to this thread soon. All pieces are thankfully with the guitar, but it seems like it is going to require some regluing. So a few first questions I have are.

1. What's the best way to remove the back completely to prep it for reglue?

2. What tools (clamps/glue/etc.) should I acquire to make this job easier?

3. I also need to reglue the bridge is there any thing about this process I should be aware of?

Thanks,

hishiad