Bridge studs - removing

Well, I finally broke down and bought a knob/stud pulling tools.

Worked really well. Forgot to score around the edges though so got some flaking around the holes. More touch up. The new studs should help cover most of it up too. Here are shots of the start and end of pulling the first one out. Not bad:

I actually tried to do this manually with some pliers but it was difficult enough that I was afraid I'd really bugger it up. That's when I decided to order the tool. Been wanting one for while anyway just for pulling knobs. I've used the wrap-a-T-shirt-and-twist-it-tight method which works 'ok' but this will be much slicker. Plus the T-shirt won't work on a bridge stud very well.