Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
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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!)
Finish work :: Martin-style nitro sunbursts
I occasionally do finish / setup work to help other builders out. These two Brazilian Martin-style builds were prepped for finish, then sprayed and buffed out in nitrocellulose lacquer.
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.
2013 Bourgeois OM Custom [4.5 lbs] :: new bone nut to adjust spacing.
The player wanted to maximize the string spacing so a new bone nut was cut with the outer strings positioned slightly closer to the edges of the fingerboard.
Redwood top / Cocobolo back and sides. Beautiful guitar.
