Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
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loose bushing
I'm pretty reserved in my tastes but this absolutely works for me! Well ... maybe not the jewels in the headstock but it's a recreation of a rare 1935 Bacon & Day Senorita S-6 guitar popularized by John Fahey. This had a few high frets over the body transition that were leveled out. This guitar sounds as good as it looks.
Tuner bushing setup :: 2012 Martin OM-42 [4.2 lbs]
An abalone-bordered OM stopped by the shop with a few loose tuner bushings to be refit along with the action lowered.
Loose tuner bushings :: 2012 Martin OM-42
Here's a loose high e tuner bushing on this Martin OM. There's a fine line when fitting bushings between just right and too loose. Too tight and you can risk damaging the headstock. Too loose can mess with tuning stability. The easy fix is to pull the tuner and bushing and apply superglue to the tuner hole. Once cured, you can test the fit and reapply if necessary. (Do NOT glue the bushings in!)
![High fret dress :: 2015 New Era Senorita Stefan Grossman [4.4 lbs]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1452578723599-H2048H7H4APUFPGYJL3A/image-asset.jpeg)
![Tuner bushing setup :: 2012 Martin OM-42 [4.2 lbs]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1435338361898-QRHW3SM6X83B8W3UDGD2/image-asset.jpeg)
