Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
Fender CD-140SCE NAT :: loose x-brace and set up.
The rear leg of the treble side x-brace was loose from the bridge to the side. Glue was applied and the brace clamped through the soundhole. The saddle was also shimmed up and the guitar tuned a half step down.
2012 Martin Custom :: set up.
Larivee PV-09 :: set up.
This is a smaller parlor-sized guitar with a 24” scale length.
2002, 2012 & 2013 Fender Stratocaster necks :: recarve.
Three Fender Strat necks in for re-carving and finished with Tung oil. The necks are all being shaped to match a LSL Instruments neck with a slimmer profile. This player has tendinitis in his left thumb and has found that this neck geometry allows him to play longer with less pain.
2005 Martin DC-16RGTE :: resecure pickup elements and set up.
The output jack was falling out of the guitar as the nut inside had worked it’s way loose. It was tightened and the cabling was resecured to the side so as to not rattle around inside the guitar.
The frets are severely worn, yet the guitar plays fairly clean with low action. The guitar suffers from numerous low-humidity cracks along both the top and back seams. The top seam running from the bridge to the tail block is completely open to the extent that a Post-It can be easily inserted. I recommended that this top crack be be a priority and repaired as soon as the player’s budget will allow as it will eventually cause other complications.
