I am currently in the process of constructing my first guitar, and my choice of glue is the PVA sold by LMI, as recommended by Spaw. I have two observations to make here. First of all, what evidence is there that ordinary PVA (ELmer's White Glue) will "creep" under stress? I have heard this piece of folklore bandied about for years, but I have never seen any conclusive evidence to prove it. I have been a cabinet-maker ever since I left school, and my experience is that the wood will break before the glue joint,as long as the joint is tight !

Getting the joint between bridge and guitar top is a painstaking job requiring skill and time, and my guess is that any time a bridge joint fails it is because of poor fitting, not poor glue quality. I would go out on a limb here and suggest that Elmer's White would be perfectly acceptable on a perfectly prepared bridge/soundboard joint

My second observation is that I am amazed by Spaw's full-blooded condemnation of Gorilla Glue. Sam Maloof, who is to furniture making as Martin Simpson is to guitar playing endorses the product and says he uses it exclusivley in all his furniture. I have never used the stuff myself, but I must say I did give consideration to using it to glue my bridge on. Spaw's experience certainly gives me food for thought. I shall have to air this one on the MIMF Forum and see what everybody else has to say about it.

If the second half of this rambling all comes out in bold, I apologise, I am still trying to get the HTML right. If one line is bold then I have succeeded

Murray