Tony Lewis Skypilot Guitar Repair
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Modular Clamp For Acoustic Guitar Repair
So, I made a modular clamp based on the split clamp idea. Started on a prototype about two months ago and finished it. What I was aiming for was a clamp that I could use on the BOTTOM of acoustic guitars as well as tops to clamp cracks, cleats, braces, patches etc. Especially a clamp that would access small openings like “F” holes, small…
Rob McAllister Scorpio Guitars and Ukuleles, Danny West West Guitarworks and 4 others -
Brandon Forsyth Fret Tec, LLC, richard.c.miller@ntlworld.com and 4 others
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Someone from the group asked if I’d make a video on how I modified a sound hole clamp by splitting it in half. Here’s the vid. Some were semi worried about injury do to DYI nature of the vid, so I put this disclaimer to you: Any contents in this video are not the responsibility of The Looth Group or any of its subsidiaries or the…
Josh Scott, John von Haas John's Guitar Shop and 7 others -
Splitting A Sound Hole Clamp In Half
I recently had a guitar come in with a crack in the top. The top was an arch top so the top was thick and the crack uneven from side to side so I wanted to be able to supply more pressure then just using magnets to be able to even up the crack sides. But access was limited to a small sound hole and so no way to get jacks or a clamp to fit.…
Arron Christensen, larry dent Dent Guitar Care Inc and 11 others -
Vincent McCusker, John Husted - and 8 others
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Reply to Need advice on my first repair job
It makes me realize how spoiled we are here in America. I shouldn’t complain as to the time it takes to get stuff and that I can get it at all.
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Reply to Cracked x-braces on Guild F20
Pic of area behind bridge after repair. The gap is 1/16th+ below flat. It was dead flat after guitar was strung up. The same thing in the front of the bridge. The gap was 1/16th+ above flat. I lucked out and guessed right.
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Doug Proper Guitar Specialist and sean RT Gold City Guitar Repair
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Reply to Cracked x-braces on Guild F20
Just did a top flattening on a 1964 Gibson D45 12 string that had an extremely sunken/bulged top and loose braces much like your situation. It had loose, but not broken, bracing around the bridge sound hole location. I went for the whole enchilada instead of just going for a standard “belly repair” of just the bridge area because the…
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Reply to Need advice on my first repair job
Thank You Claude! The terminology is fascinating! How is the repair coming?
Jay Daniels J Daniels Guitars and Doug Proper Guitar Specialist - Load More
