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I had back surgery a couple of years ago and it looks like I'm going to have to do surgery on a guitar back. I gave one of the last guitars I made to a friend of mine. She has been using a baggie with a sponge in it as a humidifier. Well, she got too much water in the sponge and the baggie had a hole in it. The back is now pretty severely buckled in the lower bout close to the end graft. It's straightening up some but I don't know if it will ever get to the point that it looks right. Is there any way to save this or should I just go ahead and put a new back on?

Jimmie, man, she deserves a dope slap, not a new back!    Seriously, sometimes we've just got to live with our mistakes. If the glue lines are sound, I'd say leave it. If you want to do something, buy her a real, professionally made, humidifier.

BTW, I hope your own back surgery had the desired result.

[QUOTE=Jimmie D] I had back surgery a couple of years ago and it looks like I'm going to have to do surgery on a guitar back. [QUOTE]

Jimmie,

Pilates exercises help my ailing back...they might just work on that guitar!

Hope the surgery on your own back was succesful and its not giving you too much grief.

Cheers Martin