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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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 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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This is the ES175, one of the most popular full hollow-body guitars made by Gibson. The part where the neck meets the head is the weakest spot on the whole...
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This kind of problem is very common. The crack was glued without clamping or finishing. That's why dust or sweat was rubbed into the cracks every time someone touched it....
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This is a square-neck Resonator guitar, which is a very famous metal body guitar made by National. In this case, there was a crack alongside the machine head holes on...
