What's Wrong With My Guitar?

Do you mean that the saddle fell out while you were changing strings, or that the bridge came unglued?

If it's the saddle, just put it back in the slot. Saddles are not normally glued in on steel-string guitars.

If the bridge is partly unglued, loosen the strings completely and take it to a guitar repairman. Ovation style bridges are made in such a way that they could come off with great force and hurt you if the glue joint fails. On a normal steel-string bridge design, the strings actually help hold the bridge on, but on an Ovation they don't.

Unless you do something very strange, like tune the guitar way above standard pitch, or put steel strings on a classical guitar (hmm, some Ovations ARE built for nylon strings - is yours one?), bridges don't normally fail. But sometimes these things happen.

I'm sure your description of "the bridge suddenly disconnected" is clear to you because you have the guitar in front of you. It's not so clear to the rest of us. If you can articulate the problem a little better, I'm sure we can help.

One thing stands out: You said you usually use Suzuki brand strings. This makes me wonder if your guitar is a classical (nylon stringed) guitar. Ovation does make them. Ernie Ball Rock and Blues Earthwood strings are intended for acoustic steel stringed guitars. If you put steel strings on a guitar designed for nylon strings, anything is possible. Nylon stringed guitars aren't built to withstand the additional tension of steel strings. It's entirely within reason that the strings could have ripped the bridge from the guitar. If this is the case, you'll need to have it professionally repaired.

Assuming that your Ovation guitar has a wooden top with a traditional glued on bridge and is designed for steel strings, the bridge should have 3 components: the actual bridge, the white "saddle" that the strings pass over, and the bridge pins which hold the strings in place.

When you say the bridge disconnected, you make it sound like the bridge actually came unglued. This is a catastrophic failure and should be taken to a repair shop. It's highly unlikely that you could cause this just by putting on a set of the correct type strings.

If the white plastic bridge saddle came off, it can be re-seated in it's slot.

Or did you mean that the bridge pins got pulled out of the holes? They need to be seated properly to wedge the string in place. Possibly the heavier gauge string prevented you from seating the pins properly. Just line up the slots in the pins and reassess your installation method.

Please clarify your question and we'll do our best to help.

By "my guitar bridge suddenly disconnected" does that mean you bridge has come unglued from the top of the guitar (most acoustic guitar bridges are not bolted on, they're glued)? If so, then you really should take it to a shop and get it fixed. A bridge shouldn't just come off of a guitar like that, even if you did put heavier strings on it. I suppose it's possible you severely overtuned it and put enough tension on the bridge to pull it off the guitar, but I'd be surprised if you didn't notice how tight the strings were and even broke the lighter gauge ones before that happened.

You're really only left with those 2 options - either something was wrong with the guitar and the bridge was not properly attached to begin with or you did something really stupid.

jcr made a good point about not putting steel strings on a nylon string guitar. That would fall into the 2nd category, but how would you know if nobody ever told you?

Maybe you put on the wrong type of strings. Or check the screws on the bridge. But if not just go back to the other type of strings you were using or check out what strings are best for the type of music you play. Different styles of music dont all use the same strings.

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