by Steve | Aug 21, 2008 | finish, gibson, neck reset, Repairs, touch up, vintage |
If you really think about it, a steel string acoustic guitar is trying to break itself from the first time you string it up. It’s two pieces of wood (a body and a neck) that are glued together with metal strings tied to the opposite ends of both pieces. When...
by Steve | Aug 5, 2008 | Archtop, finish, gibson, Relic Service, Repairs, touch up, vintage |
Sometimes braces come loose inside guitars as they grow old and dry out. When there’s a big circular soundhole to reach through, those repairs are easy enough. But in this guitar’s case, there are a pair of slender F holes and one brace that’s come...