Descriptions of the work process are found with each picture in the gallery below. I also created a short video that demonstrates how I perform restoration work in inaccessible areas inside the guitar, using a camera and magnets.
[youtube_sc url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVBsejczG_E”]
Here are the pictures:
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- Expanding clamps
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- Applying the glue to a crack in the sides
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- Rubbing the glue into the crack
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- Clamping the crack shut
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- Glue cleanup
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- Cleaning the Inside for Glueing Cleats
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- Making Cleats
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- Shaping the Cleats
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- Shaping the Cleats
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- Making Cleats
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- Making Cleats
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- Cleat preparation
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- Glueing the Cleats
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- Glueing the Cleats
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- Glueing the Cleats
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- Glueing Another Crack in the Sides
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- Using an Endoscope
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- Using an Endoscope
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- A Look at the Inside
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- Removing the Pick Guard
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- Bare Wood Underneath the Pick Guard
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- Bare Wood Underneath the Pick Guard II
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- Dirt Underneath the Pick Guard
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- Underneath the Pick Guard
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- Glueing Top Splints
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- Fitting a Top Splint
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- Placing a Top Splint
