Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
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Pulling dents & closing cracks :: 1971 Guild D25M
This side crack was damaged during shipping (shown here). Here is a dent that is being pulled shut with a guitar string, a cleat puller and a mahogany cleat inside the guitar. The spool clamps are closing the remaining crack. Next up will be installing a few more cleats on this crack, then addressing a couple other side cracks.
2014 Martin Custom X Series D [4.7 lbs] :: hardwood floor free fall
This high pressure laminate (HPL) back and sides Martin took a fall onto a hardwood floor. The treble side broke free from the back through the linings from the neck block to the tail block. The first back brace was split and needed to be reglued as well. See the glue up details here.
2014 Martin Custom X Series D :: high pressure laminate explosion
This X series Martin Dreadnought has high pressure laminate (HPL, Formica, etc) back and sides. The guitar slipped off of a strap and fell onto a hardwood floor. The back broke loose from the treble side (neck-to-tail block) through the linings. The first back brace was also split on the bass side. Here everything is being glued back together with a combination of spool clamps, cam clamps, scissor jack and brace jack. Luckily this was not solid mahogany, else the damage would have been much worse.
2004 LaVancher OM [4.5 lbs] :: top crack repair.
Above is the completed top crack repair that was repaired here.
Below is the crack as it came into the shop. Note the dent on the bottom edge that was caused by a dropped cell phone.
Top crack set off by a phone.
And maybe a little low humidity (?) This custom OM is owned and built by Boston singer / songwriter / guitarist Chris LaVancher at Alan Caruth's shop in 2004. While at a recent gig, a cell phone was accidentally dropped by someone on stage. The guitar was on a stand when the phone impacted the top, setting off a 6" crack.
The crack was slightly open so I humidified the guitar for 24 hours and it closed enough to glue up. Hot hide glue, two pieces of plexiglass (one inside, one outside) and a few clamps make up the first part of this repair. Next up will be gluing in reinforcement cleats to help keep the crack from reopening.
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