Guinevere Gracewood-Easther Guinevere Grace Guitars
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Hofner Committee tuning key and nut repair
And another one — putting it in general as while this is an acoustic, the particulars are more relevant to the brand than the type of guitar. This is a very early Hofner Committee (serial 20XX, maybe 1954?) that has suffered some minor blunt force trauma. The mounting posts for one of the tuning keys snapped. While repros may be available, I…
Guinevere Gracewood-Easther Guinevere Grace Guitars -
Old yamaha classical guitar — top crack repair + top crack repair repair
Hey y’all,
Got another interesting job I’d like some advice on. It’s a 70s yamaha classical the current owner inherited from his father. At some point it developed a rather nasty top crack, to the point that I’m thinking the job would involve fresh spruce being applied in there. That’s routine enough at least, albeit uncommon for New…
Ian Davlin The Looth Group -
When do you make the call to pull a lifting bridge and reglue?
Hey y’all, I’ve got a mid budget lefty acoustic in the shop for some work and one of the bridge wings is starting to pull up.
I know some people are content to just squeeze some glue under and reclamp, but from what I can see underneath it the finish goes back a long way before we even start to touch the wood, if ever. So I’m leaning…
