Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
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Loose Neck Joint & Bridge Fit :: 1960's Aria Barney Kessel [5.7 lbs]
The bridge foot needed to be refit along with a loose neck block re-glued to the top. The neck pickup was also freaking out, causing feedback and out-of-phase output issues. I found that the metal cover was split and there was a small section that was vibrating and inducing signal into the pickup. To fix this I ended up lightly hot gluing the broken cover to keep it in place. A bone new nut finished off the setup.
Shim Nut, Cracked Bridge & Ghost Bunny :: Yamaha FG-360 [5.0 lbs]
A low nut and cracked bridge brought this guitar into the shop. I shimmed up the nut and glued the bridge crack through the pins. The bridge is really rosewood that is dyed black to look like ebony. While cleaning the bridge I noticed there was an odd silhouette on the bass side wing. I had a good laugh when it turned out to be the remnants of an old Playboy bunny sticker.
New Bone Nut :: 1961 Fender Telecaster [7.2 lbs]
A beautiful 1961 Tele in for a new bone nut to correct string spacing. The previous replacement nut left the high e too close to the edge of the fingerboard allowing the string to easily fall off of the frets. Great, great sounding pickups!
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.
Bridge Radius Mismatch :: 2012 Gibson Les Paul Studio [8.0 lbs]
The A string was significantly lower on this gold top Les Paul Studio with respect to the fingerboard and was causing fret buzz. The other saddles notches were filed down to match the radius and the action corrected. This was the most mismatched bridge radius I've seen yet on a tuneomatic.
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![New Bone Nut :: 1961 Fender Telecaster [7.2 lbs]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1441681210556-X0Y97FHZXXMP0T9LM223/image-asset.jpeg)
![Family Heirloom :: 1965 Guild Mark I [3.0 lbs]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1441425782921-ICTJV8LC3P9JACRVDXCP/image-asset.jpeg)
![Bridge Radius Mismatch :: 2012 Gibson Les Paul Studio [8.0 lbs]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1441424851203-0ZI7PYNMOO47ET0XMXQC/image-asset.jpeg)