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 Here we have a nice old Martin. A few cracks and bad scrapes in the face, the bridge is lifting and it needs a refret. Here goes ...
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 First I'll take care of the bridge. Glue it back on & clamp it down. |
 Now we can pull the frets. |
 Bang 'em in ... |
 ... Level, Crown & Dress ... |
 Told you it would be a quickie. Now if we could only get them done that fast in real life. |
Sometimes a guitar's truss rod
may be "maxed out" (adjustable rods that can't be tightened anymore). You can
breath new life
into the rod by what I call "Stressing The Neck". In a nutshell, the
guitar's neck strung to full tension, is
forced into a back bow without the aid of the truss rod. The neck, after a
relatively short period of time will "take a set".
Then the rod is tightened to hold the back bow. You can now loosen the rod to set
the correct relief.
Don't try this at home !
 The guitar is clamped up with the strings to pitch ... |
 ... and a loose truss rod. |
 This will "help" the rod which can no longer do the job on it's own. |
 A "FrankenStrat" that someone tried to "Customize". We'll leave it at that. |
 Don't ask me what they were thinking. |
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Here's
something you don't see every day. A Fender Electric Mandolin From about 1960 I think Cute isn't it ? |
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Another
interesting guitar. A Marcello
Barbero Spanish In beautiful shape, I once heard someone say that being a luthier is a great job. It's satisfying work that provides a fair living and at the end of the day you get to play all sorts of guitars that you probably could never afford. So True. |
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I
actually was not going to take pictures of this job (lazy I guess). It's a 1962 Gretsch
6120 that needed everything. A neck reset - frets - electronics - finish work - you name
it. I decided to take pics of the finished product because it was such a nice guitar. Next time I get lazy, I'll make sure to set up the camera. |
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