Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
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Top cracks & bridge reset :: 2003 Taylor 214 [4.2 lbs]
The bridge was coming up so it was removed. While the bridge was off, two top cracks that ran from the outer E string holes to the tail were repaired. Finally the bridge was refit, glued and clamped in place with hot hide glue.
Bridge glue up :: 2003 Taylor 214
The failing bridge was removed first, then some top cracks cleated that ran from both E strings to the tail before reinstalling the bridge.
Check out this repair that was featured on my daily "On the Bench" vlog. Subscribe to my Youtube channel to follow along.
Bridge re-glue, center seam & sound hole crack :: 1996 Martin HD-28 [4.9 lbs]
A player is taking his Martin along with him for an extended time down to Grenada (island in the Caribbean), so he stopped by for a check-up beforehand. The bridge was coming up so it was removed, cleaned up and re-glued. An existing top crack repair was coming apart so I removed a single cleat, glued up the crack and splinted it (fit a sliver of wood into the crack). Lastly a sound hole crack was reinforced. All ready for the island!
Top crack repair :: 2003 Taylor 214
Cleating a top crack with TJ Thompson's Crack Corrector jig. Works great, really dig it. I'll repeat this setup for a bookmatched crack on the treble side.
Check out this repair that was featured on my daily "On the Bench" vlog. Subscribe to my Youtube to follow along.
Bridge re-glue :: 1996 Martin HD-28
The bridge was removed, refit and re-glued with hot hide glue. Before refitting the bridge, a top center seam crack was reinforced and splinted.
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