Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
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2001 Taylor 310 :: bridge re-glue
Early pre-dawn bridge re-glue on a Taylor 310 dreadnought. I'm loving the moldable plastic pellets (InstaMorph) I picked up weeks ago for making custom clamping cauls. The cauls are shown above on the outer wings, backed with plywood for rigidity and to keep the clamps from slipping.
Removable side repair :: 1999 Luthier Music Corp TRVL01 Travel Guitar [2.1 lbs]
This was an interesting project that made me feel more like a boat builder than a guitar guy. The sides on this travel classical are removable and over time the tabs that fit into the body had become damaged and previously repaired. One of the tabs was even cut off and super-glue-lap-joined to the side. All of the tabs needed to be repaired, so each tab was epoxied and wrapped with fiberglass and mahogany veneer on each side. I used InstaMorph (moldable plastic pellets) to make inner and outer molds for each tab (eight molds in total) to maintain the shape during glue-up. The lap-joined tab was removed and notched into the side before reinforcing. After cleaning up and fitting each tab, the repairs were sealed with a light coat of shellac and waxed. Many, many hours on this seemingly simple project.
Bridge Fit & Re-glue :: 1969 Guild Mark III
Finally getting back to the late 60's Guild classical in for a neck reset and a lifting bridge. This bridge removal was slightly more involved than usual as western red cedar tops tend to be brittle and can be more difficult when removing bridges (vs spruce). A small finish touch up was required before fitting and re-gluing. Next up is resetting and gluing up the neck.
Note: I picked up a jar of "InstaMorph" moldable plastic pellets and have found it extremely useful. Here it makes perfect clamping cauls for the radiused bridge wings.
Repairing removable sides :: 1999 Luthier Music Corp TRVL01 travel classical
Let's see how this goes. Here's a travel classical with removable sides and the tabs have been repaired numerous times in the past. I made two cauls out of InstaMorph, along with fiberglass and mahogany veneers to sandwich the tabs. The trick will be pulling this off somewhat cleanly as I'm using epoxy. If this turns out well, I get to repeat this three more times.
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