Refret prep :: 1939 Gibson L-7

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It's been a mini run of early vintage Gibson archtops in the shop lately, and by a run I mean two (see the 1957 Gibson ES-175).  This L-7 is in for new frets, new tuners and a K&K acoustic pickup.

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You can really see Gibson's early banjo styling carried over in the headstock and fingerboard inlays.

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Below is a quick video breaking down the guitar and pulling the frets.

Stripping down and pulling frets from the daily vlog.

Fingerboard crack & new Waverly's :: 2014 Martin Custom O [4.0 lbs]

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A nice little size 0 with a tiny fingerboard extension crack to be repaired.  The player also decided to upgrade the stock Grover tuners for Waverly with ivoroid buttons.  Looks sharp and sounds great.

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Videos of the repairs from the vlog below:

Fingerboard crack repair.

Tuner swap.