Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
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Here is a fairly simple repair to a fairly common problem with vintage Gibson basses with two point bridges (three point bridges as well). This 1969 Gibson EB-1 "violin bass" has a classic problem of the silk string windings crossing over the saddles and robbing sustain ...
Here is an early 70’s Gibson Howard Roberts guitar that came through my shop recently. Let me start by saying how much I love Howard Roberts. Never heard of him? ...
Here is a quick little trick that may save you fellow repair folk and players from some unneeded anguish. A 1967 Gibson ES 175-D will be used for this example ...
This is an older repair, but a good one. I was at a party with a bunch of friends and had a casual jam session. Well, more of a noisemaker session where we brought instruments to pass around while drinking ...
Here is the saddle slotting jig I designed a few years ago that has treated me extremely well. It is pretty much a beefed up version of the jig available at Stew Mac ...
