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Gibson 1935 Jumbo Repair
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Gibson 1935 Jumbo Repair - Original bridge with screws, bolts, and green tinted epoxy
Bridge still pulling off.
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Gibson 1935 Jumbo Repair - What a mess!
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Gibson 1935 Jumbo Repair - 1 x piece of pine cut in over the x bracing.
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Gibson 1935 Jumbo Repair - Finally have the bridge off.
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Gibson 1935 Jumbo Repair - This is how the junk sat over the x bracing
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Gibson 1935 Jumbo Repair - Here is the mess together as it was inside this instrument.
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Gibson 1935 Jumbo Repair - New maple bridge plate ready for gluing
The wood for this bridge plate came from an upright piano made in 1911.
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Gibson 1935 Jumbo Repair - Gluing the new bridge plate in
clamped up to flat board to help flatten this top.
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Gibson 1935 Jumbo Repair - Spruce patch glued in and ready to thickness.
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Gibson 1935 Jumbo Repair - New bridge made and placed
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Gibson 1935 Jumbo Repair - After refret, set up and ready to enjoy.
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Gibson 1935 Jumbo Repair - The bridge is holding under normal string tension.
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Gibson 1935 Jumbo Repair
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martin restoration
This guitar came in with the top coming off, a terrible bridge, broken and missing bracing and in need of a neck set.
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martin restoration
screws and bolts not to good
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German Cello Restoration Circa 1890 - Amati Pattern 4/4 Cello
This cello came to me in pieces. The top was in 4 pieces, the end block was out and the lower ribs(sides) had move back to almost straight. The neck was out and the back center seam was loose at both ends
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German Cello Restoration Circa 1890 - Amati Pattern 4/4 Cello
This cello came to me in pieces. The top was in 4 pieces, the end block was out and the lower ribs(sides) had move back to almost straight. The neck was out and the back center seam was loose at both ends
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German Cello Restoration Circa 1890
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German Cello Restoration Circa 1890
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German Cello Restoration Circa 1890
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German Cello Restoration Circa 1890
Here the top has been returned
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German Cello Restoration Circa 1890
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German Cello Restoration Circa 1890
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German Cello Restoration Circa 1890
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German Cello Restoration Circa 1890
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Double Bass repair done in 2012
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About
The cello I am holding had severe damage. The bridge had been pushed down into the top. See photo below.
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The New Build
Rib frame mold with cut-away insert
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The New Build - Top layout
Finding the top within the old sound board
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The New Build - Peices
Some of the long boards are thickened along with the tops
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The New Build - Top cut out
Here the top is cut out readed for thicknessing
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The New Build - Ready for thicknessing sander
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The New Build - Ready for thicknessing sander
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The New Build - The four tops
Got four tops from one and a half sound boards.
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The New Build - Hand planing
I use a scrub plane to start with then a jac plane and then a 4 smoother. Finally number 7 joiner
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The New Build
Story and Clarke Piano sound board ready to cut into guitar tops
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The New Build
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