Before repair / after repair This is a 1930s full acoustic archtop guitar. Though it is not a high-end guitar, decent materials were used and the top was hand-carved. When...
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It was supposed to be a nice vacation, but it was ruined by a careless cargo worker at the airport. Luckily, the guitar was insured, but the owner's precious guitar...
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Using brass parts was a 1970s fashion. Usually, a neck break occurs where the neck meets the head. This type of neck break, pictured here, is very rare. The mahogany...
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This is a 1934 Gibson Super 400. It was restored about 40 years ago, but, oh, what a horrible job was done! It is unbelievable to know this was done...
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Any repair must be done properly the first time, otherwise, it could cost you more in the end than you expect. Besides, a repair will be much more difficult if...
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This repair involved the creation of a completely new five-piece headstock. This broken five-piece guitar neck had been repaired previously with fiberglass, which was a very popular technique in the...
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This is not really a showpiece, but just one example of some of the modification ideas that musicians come up with. The owner was originally an upright bass player, so...
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This guitar had many cracks that had been poorly repaired, many new cracks on top, and the top had been sanded very thin and unevenly. It was beyond repair. Some...
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Although the materials used in an inexpensive guitar are not always poor quality, it is true that they are usually not well selected. The joint of the neck and head...
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One of the most common requests at the guitar repair shop is for us to fix a broken guitar neck. Repairing this kind of damage with screws or a wood...
