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Post by quarry on May 1, 2012 16:54:02 GMT -5
My friend is flying to Ireland for a vacation this Saturday, and plans to take his Martin travel guitar... Unfortunately, he noticed it made a funny noise when he tapped on the top, just below the bridge. He brought it over to me, to see if I could "fix the loose brace in side" the guitar... I quickly noticed the problem was not a loose brace, but loose kerfing... Close up of the problem: I whipped out my handy-dandy glue syringe... All glued and clamped. Tomorrow, it should be as good as new (if not better!). ;D
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Post by yakkmeister on May 1, 2012 22:05:16 GMT -5
Neat! Thanks for sharing!
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Post by lpf3 on May 2, 2012 9:16:51 GMT -5
Nice repair.
Was the top already separated or did you have to use heat to soften the glue to open it up?
-lpf3
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Post by quarry on May 2, 2012 15:44:01 GMT -5
The top was already separated.... that's what caused the vibrating sound when he tapped on it. He thought it was a loose brace inside the guitar.
I'm actually glad it was not a brace. That would have been much more challenging to fix.
This repair, on the other hand, was a snap!
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Post by lpf3 on May 2, 2012 16:25:22 GMT -5
The top was already separated.... that's what caused the vibrating sound when he tapped on it. He thought it was a loose brace inside the guitar. I'm actually glad it was not a brace. That would have been much more challenging to fix. This repair, on the other hand, was a snap! I did a very similar thing on a friends guitar recently. I love it when they show up all ready to go. - makes us look that much better............. -lpf3
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Post by cynical1 on May 2, 2012 17:46:50 GMT -5
My latest Stew Mac catalog showed up today...with all the stuff I can't afford in it...and on the cover was this little contraption. Seemed timely so I put it up. And yes, it is nice when the problem just presents itself so cleanly. Nice clean repair. HTC1
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