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Some folks say it has been slow around here in the way of building guitars and posting pictures. I'm sure there is always repair work going on.

How about some posts and picture of repair jobs and a few tutorials.
I'd love to see some repairs in action. Cracked necks, finish repair, refinish, refret, re anything!
Love to see different techniques. Repair has always intrigued me.

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"After forty-nine years of violin building, I have decided that the search for a varnish is similar to the fox hunt. The fun is in the hunt."
Jack Batts Maker and Repairer of Fine Violins

Here's some shots of a busted banjo headstock I put back together recently.





With the strings and tuners removed I put the pieces back together and with a little tap on the tip of the headstock everything lined up pretty good.

I glued it up with HHG. I used a 1/2" acrylic caul on the face and a cork padded caul on the back to get some pressure at the end of the break where the headstock began to transition into the neck. I don't have a pics of the glue-up but here it is after the clamps came off and the excess glue was cleaned up.







Re-gluing the inlays.



And after some stick shellac fills and a bit of French polish touch up she's back in service.

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- Louis Freilicher

Oh No! Not another learning experience!

Here are a couple of bridge repairs from my website:

Ovation reglue



Classical bridge replacement