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Family Heirloom :: 1965 Guild Mark I [3.0 lbs]

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Family Heirloom :: 1965 Guild Mark I [3.0 lbs]

Family Heirloom :: 1965 Guild Mark I [3.0 lbs]

An all-mahogany (top too) Hoboken Guild classical in for a checkup.  This a player's family heirloom that belonged to his father that unexpectedly passed away recently.  He told me that this is the guitar that got him into playing when he was a kid.  We opted to not fully clean the guitar, but only adjust the setup and lubricate the tuners.  Unfortunately this has a low neck angle that could be reset (like this 1969 Mark III) in order to lower the action.

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Setting a cleat with a guitar string :: 1969 Guild Mark III

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Setting a cleat with a guitar string :: 1969 Guild Mark III

Setting a cleat with a guitar string :: 1969 Guild Mark III

Now that the neck and bridge are reset, I'm moving onto a hairline side crack.  Here I'm using an unwound guitar string along with a cleat pulling jig to both align the crack and set a reinforcement cleat inside.  Note that the string's ball end is clipped off and retied to avoid the windings as we want to keep the hole through the side as small as possible (0.008" in this case).

Next up will be to touch up the finish around this crack, make a new saddle and install an Anthem LR  Baggs pickup.

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Neck reset final fit :: 1969 Guild Mark III

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Neck reset final fit :: 1969 Guild Mark III

Neck reset final fit :: 1969 Guild Mark III

Whew! Guild neck resets are always a little more involved but this guy is just about ready to glue up. Guilds use a shallow dovetail angle so the fit is more critical than others. Time to buff out the finish repairs around the joint, glue, clamp and drink a beer.

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