Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
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Here's a brazilian rosewood Martin-style dreadnought from another builder that I did the finish and final setup work for. Got to keep my finish chops up in between my own builds when I can. Still trying to get a booth installed in my shops- someday. Just takes time and money.
Neck reset final fit :: 1969 Guild Mark III
Whew! Guild neck resets are always a little more involved but this guy is just about ready to glue up. Guilds use a shallow dovetail angle so the fit is more critical than others. Time to buff out the finish repairs around the joint, glue, clamp and drink a beer.
Sharp fret ends & center seam crack :: 2014 Maton EBG808C "Michael Fix" [4.3 lbs]
Another victim of a long, dry New England winter. The fret ends were sticking out from the unbound fingerboard and the top's center seam had opened up slightly just behind the bridge. The fret ends were dressed and the top crack humidified closed, glued and cleated along with a minor finish touch up.
2008 Epiphone Dot Studio WB :: headstock repair (front).
The headstock was broken cleanly off so it had to be realigned and glued. There was a significant void that needed to be filled in the face before blacking it out, scraping back the logo and then continuing with the clear coats. The original finish was matte but I opted to do a glossy repair on the face of the headstock.
Original break here.
1987 Carvin DC-150 :: strip and refinish.
Here I'm sanding off the clear poly finish to prep it for a transparent nitro sunburst. At first I tried the heat gun / pallet knife trick but it was not going very well. Like, at all. Could be that the finish is fairly thin (for poly) and my knife had a thing for trying to gouge into the quilted maple. No good.
Luckily this is a flat top and back, so sanding goes fairly quickly. But my poor little compressor can't feed the orbital sander for very long so I have to take frequent breaks to let it build up pressure again. This places a larger compressor firmly on the shop wish-list.
I hope to get this into the booth this weekend.
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