Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
2014 Martin Custom X Series D [4.7 lbs] :: hardwood floor free fall
This high pressure laminate (HPL) back and sides Martin took a fall onto a hardwood floor. The treble side broke free from the back through the linings from the neck block to the tail block. The first back brace was split and needed to be reglued as well. See the glue up details here.
Gibson's in for repairs recently :: LP Double Cut & SG
I've had quite a few back-to-back Gibson repairs in the shop lately. The 2003 Les Paul Double Cut Faded was in for a broken headstock and the 2001 SG most recently was in for a broken strap button. Not pictured above was a 2002 ES-333 for an intermittent pickup and broken tuners. Coincidentally, all three of these guitars had their broken headstocks repaired at some point.
2014 Martin Custom X Series D :: high pressure laminate explosion
This X series Martin Dreadnought has high pressure laminate (HPL, Formica, etc) back and sides. The guitar slipped off of a strap and fell onto a hardwood floor. The back broke loose from the treble side (neck-to-tail block) through the linings. The first back brace was also split on the bass side. Here everything is being glued back together with a combination of spool clamps, cam clamps, scissor jack and brace jack. Luckily this was not solid mahogany, else the damage would have been much worse.
2001 Gibson SG :: broken screws
I needed to fabricate a couple custom screw extractors to cleanly remove two broken strap button screws. The extractors are made from stainless steel tubing sized to fit over the screw with teeth cut into the end. I sourced the tubing from McMaster-Carr. The extractors are run counterclockwise in a drill to not risk driving the screw deeper if it grabs. The broken screws can be seen here.
Look for a blog post coming soon with more details on this guitar.
Carvin Cobalt 750S [5.1 lbs] :: side preamp convert Fishman to Baggs Stagepro Anthem
This player wanted to swap out a Fishman Prefix Plus-T to an LR Baggs Stagepro Anthem. The Fishman side-mounted preamp is considerably larger than the Baggs Stagepro preamp so a step-down conversion ring was fabricated. The adapter was made from black / white / black pickguard stock for flexibility and durability and the edges were beveled for a nice clean look. I used the original mounting holes in the side so the old Fishman preamp can be cleanly reinstalled if desired in the future (no extra holes). The Baggs Anthem system combines an undersaddle pickup with an internal microphone (mounts to the bridge plate) and both sources can be mixed via the preamp.
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