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Copyright © 2009 Third Coast Guitar Repair – Chicago Guitar Repair Shop. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright © 2009 Third Coast Guitar Repair – Chicago Guitar Repair Shop. All Rights Reserved.
This guitar looked like a piece of trash. If I seen this guitar at a garage sale I would move on and not even think about it, but after seeing pictures of your work in progress, I would stop and talk them down to about 5 paso’s and ship it to you and end up with a bad ass insturment that only rock stars get to play. I wish you would have finished this restoration with a picture of your work with the guitar with the strings on it and ready to plug in. Just one more photo and nothing would be left to the imagination, and the full view of the complete project would be a sell out show for eternity: rain, sun, or shine now would be the time.
Jimmy James Hoover
hey jimmy, this is josh, the one who worked on this guitar. thanks for taking the interest. this actual guitar belongs to the owner of 3CGS and was repaired as a favor to him. ill see if he can post another photo of it finished. I promise you, it turned out great. keep rocking.
Curious about what product you used to fill around the holes and the block you used to fill the routed area for the pickup? Was it plastic wood filler or something else?
Bob,
We used mahogany. The parts that were routed out poorly were re-routed cleanly and we then fill the holes with Honduran mahogany, sand it level and touch up the area. The holes were plugged with front grain mahogany plugs that we turned by hand to fit. Sometimes you can use bondo or similar agent when you need to fill an area, but this one we original materials to try and maintain vintage consistency.
Would LOVE to see the finished product!