Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
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1987 Carvin DC-150 :: strip & refin with a belly carve.
This quilted maple Carvin finish project went out the door last week. It's natural finished was stripped, a belly carve sculpted into the back, refinished in a nitro sunburst and converted from active to passive. More details coming in a blog post this Sunday.
EDIT: blog post here.
Phred Wolph [7.9 lbs] :: bad effects loop switch.
This is a copy based on "The Wolf" guitar built by Doug Irwin for Jerry Garcia in 1973. It has an onboard effects loop that allows you to send your signal out to your pedal board and then back to the guitar. The toggle switch that turns this loop on / off became intermittent so it was replaced with a new Carling DPDT.
2006 Tacoma RM6C [4.6 lbs] :: bridge pins & setup.
The original plastic bridge pins were mangled and needed to be replaced. I had to use oversize ebony bridge pins to fit properly as the replacement bone pins I had were too small. Once the new pins were fit, the guitar was set up for open E [EBEG#BE].
Mitchell MD-100CE [4.9 lbs] :: setup
A phenomenal player stopped by the shop one night last week with this dreadnought acoustic that was given to him. He needed an inexpensive acoustic to get him through a couple gigs and it was in dire need of a setup. This guitar was in pretty rough shape with high action, sharp fret ends and a few high frets that needed to be addressed.
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.
