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Repair
I am not a conservationist or a
restoration expert, but I've done a good deal of repair work ranging
from replacing dirty electronics to neck resets and back again. I try
and go over all the options for a fix with a customer, outlining the
pros and cons of different approaches to a repair. Below are a few of
the more extensive projects I've worked on.
Norman 12 string Headstock repair
Headstock repairs are a
classic nightmare... 12 string headstock repairs are even scarier. I
went full bore on this one, The stock was splintered back together and
glued, a new 3 layer plate was added to the face of the headstock and
splines were added to the rear.
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Early 30's Gibson Tenor, rebuild
This tenor was in pieces when it arrived in the shop, the 3 or 4 pieces
of the back were glued back togeher and cleated without having to add
any new wood. a 'goo' was stripped from the top, several braced were
reglue while the back was off, and the bridge was glued back on, I
tried to take it pretty easy on this one... back to playing, but not
'restored'.
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1968 Gibson SG
This guitar was sold to me as a 64'
junior husk, after further inverstigation I thought it may have been a
converted wide stock melody maker, but that didn't seem to jive
either... It's a rebuilt SG. Reset the poorly epoxied neck,
stripped off the terrible black spray paint job, and opted to restore
it pretty much as a '68 SG Junior, I couldn't resist a little extra
chrome and went with a long style tailpiece. (this guitar has since to
re-refinished, and rebuilt with old stock-as-possible parts
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1920's Hayden by Gibson - cracked everything
A clown bounced off a bed in a hotel
room and smooshed this guitar, true story. The back was repaired using
as much of the original as possible, the braces were glued and
reinforced where cracked, and the top crack was splined and cleated.
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1960's Gibson LG0 retopped Martin-style
When I bought this LGO project the seller tossed in a martin factory braced top... I figured what the hell.
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