Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
1969 Guild Mark III :: classical bridge lift
Another guitar in the shop for a failing bridge glue joint. Unlike traditional steel string bridges (anchored to the top by the string's ball ends), classical bridges can be torn completely off of the top on their own if left unchecked.
1993 Martin 000-16 :: bridge removal
Cooking off a lifting bridge on a Sunday morning. This Martin also has a top crack running from the low E string bridge pin to the tail that needs to be addressed as well.
2003 Gibson Les Paul Double Cut Faded :: bad kitty
Yet another broken Gibson headstock on the bench. This one was caused by a player's cat knocking the guitar over. Worse is that he was there to witness the whole thing happen. Bad kitty. As far as Gibson head breaks go, these ones are usually straight forward as it is still attached with no missing pieces (but it has been broken for about a year so the pieces might not line up perfectly - we'll see).
For an example of a nasty break, see the '65 Epiphone Olympic.
2012 Fender Tele Thinline [6.8 lbs] :: setup
This was a straight forward setup for a killer player currently going though the UMass Lowell music program. The bridge saddle radius was a little flat compared to the fingerboard's tight 7.25" radius. The saddles were adjusted to correct this along with the nut slots and intonation.
This was a "while you wait" setup so I wish I could have spent a little more time enjoying this one through my '68 Vibrolux Reverb ...
1978 Guild D25M [5.5 lbs] :: new pickup for piece of mind at gigs
Lynn, MA performer Don White brought his old Guild by the shop to replace a pickup that had been giving him troubles recently at shows. The pickup was an older Fishman Acoustic Matrix Natural I that had become intermittent. I had worked on this pickup last year (along with other repairs) but the time had come to replace it for piece of mind on the road. We decided to go with a D-TAR Wavelength undersaddle pickup with the optional sound hole-mounted volume / tone control.
Don bought this Guild new in 1978 and tours nationally with it. This guitar sounds great and is one of the most stable road guitars I've come across. The action and neck are solid (ie. no tweaking required). Learn more about Don White at www.donwhite.net
Oh, and make sure you call your Dad.
Note: Fishman makes great reliable pickups. We decided to go with D-TAR just to try something different.
