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

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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.

Shipping Damage & Bridge Re-glue :: 1971 Guild D25 Brown [4.2 lbs]

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Shipping Damage & Bridge Re-glue :: 1971 Guild D25 Brown [4.2 lbs]

An all-mahogany Guild dreadnought that came in with significant shipping damage on the bass side.  The side cracks were glued and the finish repaired to help hide the damage.  We also found that the bridge was lifting and cracked through the pin holes, so it was removed, repaired and re-glued.

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Bridge Re-glue :: 1971 Guild D25 Brown

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Bridge Re-glue :: 1971 Guild D25 Brown

A shipping-damaged Westerly Guild in for side repairs and a lifting bridge.  Here the bridge has been removed, fit, glued and clamped with hot hide glue.  The bridge was split though the pin holes so that was repaired as well.

Shipping damage :: 1971 Guild D25 Brown

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Shipping damage :: 1971 Guild D25 Brown

A shipping courier damaged this all-mahogany dread with a cracked side.  This will need to be stitched back together with cleats and require some finish touch ups.  Luckily there are no holes or missing pieces.  The bridge is also being re-set as well.

Failing Bridge :: 1971 Guild D25 Brown

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Failing Bridge :: 1971 Guild D25 Brown

A soft gooey glue joint is allowing this bridge to pull up from the mahogany top.  It will be heated, removed, refit and re-glued.  There are also small cracks in the Brazilian bridge between the bridge pin holes, so they will be repaired as well.