It's an old Martin..... Would like to chat with the person who did the previous work.

Pretty recent work, shouldn’t be hard to track down. Be gentle if there are issues, especially with public postings. We all live in glass houses.

I assume the current owner is not the one who had the work done. Does the current owner have any contact with the previous? The work was done less than 2 years ago, it couln't have floated around to too many people between then and now.

Opened this post just praying it wasn't me!!!!

Hey Brian. Might it be informative if you shared ur thoughts with us? I'm always open to pro-advice.

LOL. I always sign and date repairs like this too. I figure it's good info for a future repair person. I never thought of putting my phone number or email though And now I'm even thinking... Hmmmm hahahhaa.

Oh well even the master makes a mistake once in a while.

Brian, I have no idea who's mark that is, but the finish looks like some sort of polyurethane, and the glue (based on color, and how cleanly it released) looks like LMI's old white Luthier glue. All guesses, though, I may be wrong.

Was the whole body done in that finish or just the top? It should have been nitro.

Although I would be tempted to add a small sticker - think those little round price stickers seen at garage sales - somewhere on the underside of the top with date and contact number, neither of the build/repair shops I've spent time with mark their repair work. The rationale is that repair work should be the opposite of new work - as close to undetectable as possible, versus new work which seems to be logo'd, tagged, and clearly identified as the work of the builder.

I'd like to disagree with the policy, but at least three-quarters of the repair work we have seen that needs further attention is unsupported by those that performed the repair, leaving us to figure out what was done and how to undo it. There also seems to be a disturbing correlation between a) those performing substandard repair work, and b) those calling themselves repairmen, but unwilling or unable to fix their fix.

We provide a package with detailed receipt and a copy of any other receipts needed for down-stream warranty claims (e.g., electronics, new tuners, etc.) and the empty string sleeve (if restrung), and hope it stays with the instrument.

Oh my goodness - just reread the earlier posts...so that glossy puddle of what appeared to me to be De-Glu-Goo is in fact adhesive? Wow. Just...wow.

so that glossy puddle of what appeared to me to be De-Glu-Goo is in fact adhesive? Wow. Just...wow.