This sweet small body acoustic made in Hoboken, NJ Guild came in for a new nut and saddle as well as some brace and crack repair. I would have loved to do a partial re-fret on it, but the customer was only in town for five days and just wanted me to make it "playable".
The original saddle was melted and warped with the saddle slot. Making a new saddle for a distorted saddle slot is a little more work than usual, but the new one fits nice and snug.
Vintage Chiquita sticker
The nut slots were extremely low and the strings were fretting out. Whatever the nut was glued on with, wouldn't let go. Pieces of the bottom of the nut had to be cleaned off of the nut shelf.
Made in Hoboken, NJ "ghost" label
This sweet small body acoustic made in Hoboken, NJ Guild came in for a new nut and saddle as well as some brace and crack repair. I would have loved to do a partial re-fret on it, but the customer was only in town for five days and just wanted me to make it "playable".
The original saddle was melted and warped with the saddle slot. Making a new saddle for a distorted saddle slot is a little more work than usual, but the new one fits nice and snug.
Vintage Chiquita sticker
The nut slots were extremely low and the strings were fretting out. Whatever the nut was glued on with, wouldn't let go. Pieces of the bottom of the nut had to be cleaned off of the nut shelf.
Made in Hoboken, NJ "ghost" label
You removed the sticker?!
ReplyDeleteThe Chiquita sticker? Yeah. At the customer's request.
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