Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
2006 Tacoma RM6C :: bridge pin abuse.
Someone did a number on these mutilated plastic bridge pins. They look like they were pounded in with a hammer and removed with Vise-Grips. There is no relief underneath the pin heads making string changes a chore. Time for new bone pins. The bridge pin holes will also be properly countersunk to ease in future removal.
Builds, repairs and finish work to get caught up on in the last few remaining weeks of the year. 2014 ... where did you go?
This is one of my personal guitars - trying to fit in a little more playing time vs bench time.
<Sigh> just what I thought - someone glued this neck pickup volume knob to the shaft on this '60s Trini (actually, all knobs were glued). Tried heating the knob to release the glue but the glue bond trumped the shaft-to-pot connection. Bummer. Oh well, it's going to be replaced along with the bridge volume pot (volume drops off around 8) with Emerson Custom Pro CTS pots.
This beautiful mahogany-backed F-style mandolin came in for a full fret level, crown and polish to correct a slight rise over the fingerboard extension. The bridge has a slick wedge and set screw adjustment in each wing. These set screws allow you to vary the height of the inset acoustic guitar-style saddle with a 1/16" Allen wrench. The wedges allow for more contact area (ie string transfer to the top) versus the traditional post and thumb wheel bridge.
