Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
2006 Reverend Flatroc [8.1 lbs] :: setup.
These Revtron pickups (Reverend’s take on Gretsch’s Filtertron) are a refreshing sound compared to the often “round” humbucker and the articulate single coil. The last control knob is a bass contour that passively rolls off the bass to keep things tight in your rig. I dig!
The Bigsby vibrato, bridge and string tree were lubricated and set up for D’Addario XL 9’s.
2008 Sadowsky Modern 24 MM [7.2 lbs] :: bass neck re-carve.
I have re-carved another Sadowsky J neck for this player and he prefers a thinner neck and super low action. Both necks were refinished with a “Tung Oil Finish” that is really a wiping varnish as it has a resin mixed in with the oil to speed up drying. This is a super easy, very tactile finish on a maple neck.
This bass was in recently for a setup: [photo]
Here is the Sadowsky J when it was in the shop: [photo]
1976 Gibson ES-175D [6.9 lbs] :: new stainless steel frets, bone nut and setup. [photo 3]
The original frets were pulled, board planed and new stainless steel frets installed and dressed. Look back through my feed and you can see this was the first guitar in my new StewMac neck jig. Can’t wait for the next fret job as this one went extremely well.
The bridge foot was better fit to the top [note the non-original tune-o-matic bridge top; originals are rosewood]. The fit of the loose tuner bushings was improved and the guitar set up for D’Addario XL EJ21’s [12-54 roundwound with a wound G].
1976 Gibson ES-175D [6.9 lbs] :: new stainless steel frets, bone nut and setup. [photo 2]
From 1975-77, Gibson used an oval waterslide decal on the rear of the headstock as opposed to their commonly embossed serial numbers. At first I was not aware of this so my mind went immediately to “this is a fake!!”. After a bit of research, I was relieved to find that this was authentic and did not have to tell the client “bad news”. Good ol’ wacky Gibson serial numbers …
1976 Gibson ES-175D [6.9 lbs] :: new stainless steel frets, bone nut and setup. [photo 1]
The press-in bushing on this 1970’s Gibson have separate washers. Over time these bushings can become loose and pull up out of the peghead. These washers are then free to make God-awful sympathetic buzzes and rattles. I tightened the fit of the bushings by using super glue to stiffen the wood fibers in the tuner holes. Before installing the bushings, I lightly glued the washers to the bushings so if the bushings rise up again in the future the washers will not be free to vibrate.
