Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
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Dried out top crack & bridge re-glue :: 1993 Martin 000-16 [4.1 lbs]
Low humidity caused a top crack that ran from the low E bridge pin to the tail. The bridge was also beginning to lift, so it was removed and the top crack repaired. Finally the bridge was refit and glued with hide glue.
Bridge re-glue :: 1993 Martin 000-16
This Martin suffered from low humidity and required the failing bridge to be removed, fit and re-glued (hot hide glue) along with a top crack repair.
1993 Martin 000-16 :: bridge removal
Cooking off a lifting bridge on a Sunday morning. This Martin also has a top crack running from the low E string bridge pin to the tail that needs to be addressed as well.
2002 Martin OOO-16SRGT :: top and headstock breaks, K&K pickup install.
This top has cracks that were previously poorly repaired. I ended up installing twelve reinforcement cleats in total under the five cracks. Ideally I would have liked to have completely undone a few of the crack repairs to yield a more cosmetic repair.
Thankfully the headstock cracks were not previously repaired and I was able to start from clean breaks. A K&K Pure Mini pickup was installed as well.
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