Wat happened to the bridge ???

[distortedbassist]

well , my cousin brought a second hand electric guitar . Its a Cort g210 i think .
So ya , he just started playing for 2 months . And the guitar has a whammy so he kept playing the whammy till this happened ....

You can see the bottom side of the bridge is higher than then upper side . I tried to screw it in , but it didnt move, neither up or down . I start to see wood dusts cming out from the hole . i assume that must be the scew shaving the wood off .

What should i do now ?

 

[THOA]

Open up the back cavity of the guitar. What do you see?

 

[EngelFaeuste]

Picture of the back cavity please. I have a feeling the wood behind has been totally stripped.

 

[distortedbassist]

oh shit , i have to get back to my cousin place take the pic of it .
kk pic of the guitar tmr

 

[obzervr]

It looks like the tremolo pivot post inserts were dislodged and raised by 2-3 mm. Screwing the post will not make a difference if the inserts are not firmly flushed to the body. Chances are the wood surface gripping the inserts have been smoothened out or the holes enlarged by the repeated rocking.

If that is true, you may wish to attempt a simple remedy;

1) loosen the strings
2) open the back plate and remove the springs. By now the trem bridge should be able to be taken off the pivot post.
3) you'll see two pivot post (the darker piece) screwed into the insert (the chrome coloured piece that is in the guitar body. Use a claw hammer and remove the two posts (be careful to protect the surface of the guitar)
4) Once you've removed the posts with the inserts, you'd be able to separate them easily. separate them.
5) use suitable glue (I'd use a white carpenter's glue) and coat the outer area of the inserts.
6) knock them back flush to the body
7) allow it to dry for 24 hrs
8) screw back the posts and install the bridge again
9) set up the guitar

Hopefully the above doesn't sound too scary. I may be wrong in the steps as I tried to imagine the process as i type..