Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
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Sharp fret ends & center seam crack :: 2014 Maton EBG808C "Michael Fix" [4.3 lbs]
Another victim of a long, dry New England winter. The fret ends were sticking out from the unbound fingerboard and the top's center seam had opened up slightly just behind the bridge. The fret ends were dressed and the top crack humidified closed, glued and cleated along with a minor finish touch up.
Setup :: 2012 Taylor 816CE [5.1 lbs]
This Taylor came in with low action. After a few days hanging in a humidity-controlled shop, the action came up but not up enough so the saddle was shimmed up. Popped in a fresh 9V battery and it's ready to go.
Dried-out Fret Level :: Gitane DG-455 [4.0 lbs]
This past winter took it's toll on this thinline gypsy jazz guitar. The guitar had dried out to the point of the strings touching the frets, along with top cracks along the fingerboard extension. The fingerboard also developed cracks where the frets were pushing out the ends of the board. The cracks were all glued and the sharp / raised frets were leveled and dressed.
2004 LaVancher OM [4.5 lbs] :: top crack repair.
Above is the completed top crack repair that was repaired here.
Below is the crack as it came into the shop. Note the dent on the bottom edge that was caused by a dropped cell phone.
Top crack set off by a phone.
And maybe a little low humidity (?) This custom OM is owned and built by Boston singer / songwriter / guitarist Chris LaVancher at Alan Caruth's shop in 2004. While at a recent gig, a cell phone was accidentally dropped by someone on stage. The guitar was on a stand when the phone impacted the top, setting off a 6" crack.
The crack was slightly open so I humidified the guitar for 24 hours and it closed enough to glue up. Hot hide glue, two pieces of plexiglass (one inside, one outside) and a few clamps make up the first part of this repair. Next up will be gluing in reinforcement cleats to help keep the crack from reopening.
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