
Originally Posted by
Simon Barden
Yes, the bridge needs to be moved back before the saddles could be moved forwards to cover the racetrack holes and your understanding of bridge positioning is correct.
You could got a faulty string where its been over-stretched in one small area so you've got a much thinner section, which would throw the normal intonation out.
I'd have thought it would be a poly finish. Very unlikely to be nitro lacquer unless it was a US-made Peavey custom shop guitar.
I recently mended an Ibanez acoustic that had a side-mounted jack socket that had been ripped out when the guitar was dropped with a jack plugged in. I mended the hole with a mixture of wood and resin, then sprayed the repair area with black auto paint and clear auto acrylic lacquer. After sanding and polishing, it was just about invisible. I fitted an end-pin jack instead - much stronger!