• ES-125 concaved top and loose back + braces

  ES-125 concaved top and loose back + braces

  Posted by Doron Tamir on March 4, 2026 at 1:46 pm

  Hello,
  I have on my bench and es-125 with a concaved belly in the top where the bridge sits, I was able to fit a feeler gauge under one of the braces in the area, the brace above the bass side.
  The back of the guitar is loose for a stretch of roughly 5 inches.
  My thought was to take off the back and address the braces and somehow address the warp in the top.
  Any thoughts on how to unwarp it or better approaches to the whole job?
  Thank you

  Doron DB Tamir
  DB’sGuitarworks

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  Ian B Davlin The Looth Group replied 1 week, 6 days ago 2 Members · 1 Reply

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  Ian B Davlin The Looth Group

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  March 9, 2026 at 9:51 am

  Some times the plates come off of those old gibsons really nicely. Is there any evidence of someone trying to glue anything back together previously ?

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