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I just took the homemade bridgeplate out of the bath. \u00a0I’m using 1\/8″ thick copper on this guitar, and I’ve given it the same treatment I gave to the pickguard on Driftwood 1. \u00a0Once I fabricate the part I clean it off\u00a0thoroughly and cover it with a salt solution. \u00a0I place the part in a bowl filled with household ammonia\u00a0and cover the whole thing with plastic. \u00a0I leave the bowl out in the sun for a couple of hours and the copper develops a great patina not unlike what you might find on the copper sheeting hammered on to pilings at a pier.<\/p>\n

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Here’s what the bridgeplate looks like after exposure to salt and ammonia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just took the homemade bridgeplate out of the bath. \u00a0I’m using 1\/8″ thick copper on this guitar, and I’ve given it the same treatment I gave to the pickguard on Driftwood 1. \u00a0Once I fabricate the part I clean it off\u00a0thoroughly and cover it with a salt solution. \u00a0I place the part in a … <\/p>\n

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