Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
Back crack repairs :: Breedlove AD25/SM
Late night clamp party on the airline damaged Breedlove. The back and sides in this area are connected again, so moving onto this back crack and loose brace. The feeler-gauge-on-a-stick was used to get glue under the brace and clamped with a brace jack inside. The suction cup helped work glue into the crack. Finally plexiglas and clamps to close and hold everything together.
Fret Level :: 2015 Guild T-50 Slim [5.8 lbs]
Here's a new import Guild with some uneven fret work that needed to be addressed. Once leveled, this is a great vintage-inspired hollowbody.
Setup :: Art & Lutherie CW Cedar QI [5.0 lbs]
Just a straight forward setup on this cedar topped dread cutaway. This guitar is part of the Godin brand and is made of 95% Canadian wood.
Hand Bending European Maple :: Chubbuck Mousa 003 Hollowbody
Here I'm fabricating the rim getting ready for the next hollowbody build. Once the three sides are bent and the blocks fit, I'll start carving the top and back. I love carving archtop plates! More build photos at http://www.chubbuckguitars.com/hollowbody/mousa003
Blocking the "Trem" :: 2010 Fender Stratocaster [7.6 lbs]
The player of this Strat doesn't really use the whammy bar, so he wanted to convert the floating bridge to a hard tail. A fixed bridge can improve things like tuning stability, sustain and even help with the pitch accuracy of double stop bends (ie. bending one string into/against another).
This hardtail conversion involves fitting a block (maple used here) into the spring cavity in the back of the guitar between the bridge block and the rear cavity wall (sorry, forgot to get a photo). Many people call this "blocking the trem" in which they are referring to the floating bridge as a tremolo. But this is not technically accurate as tremolo is a modulation in volume. Vibrato is really the phenomenon going on with a whammy bridge as you are modulating the pitch. So I guess we are really, "blocking the vibe".
![Fret Level :: 2015 Guild T-50 Slim [5.8 lbs]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1438713661631-PFK447N7B8CQ3IL8R9HJ/image-asset.jpeg)
![Setup :: Art & Lutherie CW Cedar QI [5.0 lbs]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1439064271159-GF6ID0KGE7NT8X0NQFDG/image-asset.jpeg)
![Blocking the "Trem" :: 2010 Fender Stratocaster [7.6 lbs]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1438714231943-Q5B1DTG31EXUIC0O9H2N/image-asset.jpeg)