Thanks Rharv and Floyd,

Here is the link for the guitar on their page,

https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_santos_series_c_40sce_nt.htm

Its one of their cheap and as I hoped for cheerful Harely Benton, their own in house brand.

When I got it first, the strings were all covered in guitar paint, as if the factory that made the guitar simply put the strings on before they finished it, but hey I thought a set of strings doesn't cost much so wasn't going to complain about that.

Definitely never had any accidents with this guitar, I thought the piece of metal you refer to is part of the pickup system that just sits under the saddle, its just like a wire really.

I did a web search on bridges lifting and it seems some guitar do have a bridge plate inside to strengthen the bridge but I think none inside this guitar

Anyway they do seem to be a very reputable company otherwise, really big and do offer a three year warranty on all their products (just got it last July) so hopefully I will be ok, only thing is if they mend it, there lingers the possibility it might happen again, or almost as bad you are waiting for it to happen smile

If it happened out of warranty I would be tempted to glue it myself, but any videos I have looked at always end up using guitar clamps to hold it together while the glue sets and they are not the cheapest just for a one off job.

Here is another pic.


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Last edited by musiclover; 02/22/20 02:08 PM.
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