Sharp fret ends & center seam crack :: 2014 Maton EBG808C [4.3 lbs]

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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]

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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]

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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.

Fingerboard extension top crack splint :: 2007 Pavan TP-30 [3.9 lbs]

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Fingerboard extension top crack splint :: 2007 Pavan TP-30 [3.9 lbs]

This classical has a nasty crack in the top that runs along the bass side of the fingerboard clean into the sound hole.  The crack had loosened the fingerboard brace so that was addressed first.  Two cleats were then fit and glued to support the break (one along the fingerboard, one just inside the sound hole).  This crack was far too open to just glue up (even with humidifying), so a thin spruce splint was fit, glued and trimmed into the crack with a minor color touch up to better match the top.

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Dried out fingerboard brace re-glue :: 2007 Pavan TP-30

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Dried out fingerboard brace re-glue :: 2007 Pavan TP-30

This nasty fingerboard extension crack took out the fingerboard brace in it's wake.  Here the brace is being re-glued before fitting and gluing in two reinforcement cleats.