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Soundhole repair & nut shim :: 1993 Taylor 612-C [4.4 lbs]

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Soundhole repair & nut shim :: 1993 Taylor 612-C [4.4 lbs]

The soundhole edge was busted and needed to be repaired.  Open strings had quite a bit of buzzing so I removed the nut, added a mahogany shim, reglued the nut and adjusted the slots.  The worn frets are past the point of leveling so new frets will be in this guitar's future.  Often with new frets a new nut is required hence the shimmed nut will get him by until he's ready for the refret.

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Soundhole damage :: Taylor 612-C

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Soundhole damage :: Taylor 612-C

A common acoustic repair shown here is damage to the sound hole.  This section was broken in two places and hinged at the rosette's inner ring.  The fix is to fit and glue a supporting cleat inside the sound hole.  Once I make the cleat, I like to glue the break and install the cleat in one shot.  For bonus points, I also slightly age the new cleat so it looks like an older repair.

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Prefab graphite nut :: 2014 Gibson SG Special [6.8 lbs]

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Prefab graphite nut :: 2014 Gibson SG Special [6.8 lbs]

Here's another 120th Gibson anniversary SG to come across my bench recently.  A player picked this up with an aftermarket graphite nut pre-installed and the slots were way too high.  The previous owner must have swapped out the original nut and never adjusted the string heights over the first fret.  A quick session with a set of nut files greatly improved the action on this fella.

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