Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
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2003 Gibson Les Paul Double Cut Faded :: head break glue-up.
This classic Gibson headstock break (shown here) has been hide glued and clamped. I like to start with the guitar face down in the vise to quickly apply the glue and clamps before flipping the guitar over as shown above. Flipping the guitar over allows the weight of the clamps to help pull the joint closed a little tighter.
1969 Guild Mark III :: classical bridge lift
Another guitar in the shop for a failing bridge glue joint. Unlike traditional steel string bridges (anchored to the top by the string's ball ends), classical bridges can be torn completely off of the top on their own if left unchecked.
1993 Martin 000-16 :: bridge removal
Cooking off a lifting bridge on a Sunday morning. This Martin also has a top crack running from the low E string bridge pin to the tail that needs to be addressed as well.
2003 Gibson Les Paul Double Cut Faded :: bad kitty
Yet another broken Gibson headstock on the bench. This one was caused by a player's cat knocking the guitar over. Worse is that he was there to witness the whole thing happen. Bad kitty. As far as Gibson head breaks go, these ones are usually straight forward as it is still attached with no missing pieces (but it has been broken for about a year so the pieces might not line up perfectly - we'll see).
For an example of a nasty break, see the '65 Epiphone Olympic.
2012 Fender Tele Thinline [6.8 lbs] :: setup
This was a straight forward setup for a killer player currently going though the UMass Lowell music program. The bridge saddle radius was a little flat compared to the fingerboard's tight 7.25" radius. The saddles were adjusted to correct this along with the nut slots and intonation.
This was a "while you wait" setup so I wish I could have spent a little more time enjoying this one through my '68 Vibrolux Reverb ...
