Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
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Fret level crown polish :: 1999 PRS Custom 24 [8.3 lbs]
Excessive fret wear was causing intonation issues on this bolt-on 24 fret PRS. Jumbo frets (aka wide) can be more prone to tuning issues because the contact point of each worn fret gets pushed back towards the bridge and causes notes to play sharp. Leveling out these divots and recrowing the frets resets the intonation point back to the middle of the fret slot, therefor minimizing intonation issues.
New bone nut :: 2001 PRS Custom 22 [8.2 lbs]
This early Y2K PRS was in for a new bone nut to improve the action for both slide and fretted playing. The original graphite nut slots had worn down and made slide playing difficult, especially down low.
Neck carve & rewire :: 2014 JW Van Tele [9.1 lbs]
A custom tele in for a replacement 6-way "Freeway Switch" and rewire, add master volume and neck recarve. Mmmm ... P90's ...
Slide only :: 2001 Fender Stratocaster [7.3 lbs]
Here was an interesting setup request. This player wanted to set this 70's style Strat for slide only with no fretting. A new bone nut was carved to both elevate the strings and flatten the string radius (meaning the strings do no follow the curvature of the fingerboard). The saddles were also raised and the string radius flattened at the bridge end. A maple block was fit to convert the floating bridge it to a hard tail. To finish it off, the guitar was strung with flats. This player is going for a Lowell George kind of setup, so we may end up installing an Alembic Stratoblaster preamp in the future.
Neck recarve :: 2014 JW Van Tele
I've carved another neck for this player and he knows what he likes. This neck was much too thick for him (~0.960") so it was carved down to his spec's and refinished with tung oil for a satin feel.
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![New bone nut :: 2001 PRS Custom 22 [8.2 lbs]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1436944052308-TC79V3OUG9SWKC11IBW4/image-asset.jpeg)
![Neck carve & rewire :: 2014 JW Van Tele [9.1 lbs]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1436202957780-9IOK8VZTVHW6SJ05IUGK/image-asset.jpeg)
![Slide only :: 2001 Fender Stratocaster [7.3 lbs]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1436764584839-FEHQ7AT6RV1Y330O4JNC/image-asset.jpeg)
