Crushed in transit, and a poor repair.

Hackmaster said:
I have to agree. This one has the paper mache fingerboard & bridge with a retail of $1199
According to the Martin website...

With a gorgeous glossed Sitka spruce top and option of siris or ziricote back and sides, this solid wood Dreadnought model is a great sounding guitar at an affordable price. It has an FSC® Certified Richlite® fingerboard and bridge

Solid wood it claims, but with a compressed paper fretboard & bridge, how is that "SOLID WOOD"?
Doesn't the wood become un solid when it's pulped up for paper?:blink:
Where's the truth in advertising?
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Paper "is" wood...or papyrus.
But admittedly, recycled paper is not solid wood when it is compressed into a phenolic resin; although a solid.
The "solid spruce top" was 2 pieces that were book-matched.
The bridge I think was richlite or appeared to be.
 
CoyotesGator said:
A nice Ventura 6 string that took a bad fall and has separation issues.
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That sir, all depends what kind of glue they used.
I'm of the persuasion that anything can be repaired, but sometimes the end doesn't justify the means.
Shipping has also gotten so out of line pricewise, that it would be cost prohibitive unless you lived nearby.

Now if you would like to join Adrian & I for lunch sometime, and drop it off, it'll be as good as done..:dood:
 
It was a crappy and rainy day in the swamp today.
Perfect for knocking back the clear on this thing and start working on a gloss.
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I used a block and 600 grit wet to level things.
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Then worked my way up to 1500 then 3000 grit with the sanding block.
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Then switched over to 6000 grit foam backed pads.
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Now that it was as smooth as a baby's bottom, out came the polish.
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And the gloss popped.
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Bingo...
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Tossed on a fresh set of strings and it's alive...
:cheers:
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Crushed back? I don't see no stinkin' crushed back.
Needless to say, it's now beer time.
 
Sometimes I wonder why I spend so much time on this stuff.
I enjoy doing it, but I put way more into it hour wise than I ever collect for.
But today I was reminded why. I've been able to turn a mans misfortune and disappointment into joy.
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Judging by Josh's satisfaction, I'd say it was time well spent.:cheers:
 
Hackmaster said:
Ugh!
This newish Martin D-13 showed up the other day.
The back had been smashed in towards the treble side, cracking it in several places and knocking sections of back wood out.
Then a poor attempt at a repair was made by a local big box store and it was pronounced fixed and returned to the customer.
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My pics suck as usual, but I have a real can of worms here. And yes, this is how this guy got the guitar back from them.
When the back got crushed, three braces were knocked loose and two of them split.
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Hard to see in the pic, but the lower two braces are hung up on the lining that the back attaches to.
There's a 1/2" gap on that bottom brace. You can see the wood fiber shadow where the brace was attached.
That allowed the side to move inward at the back.
The braces were left like that, split & loose.
Then they glued in the loose pieces of the back. But the with the braces no longer bracing, dimensions had moved and nothing fit back together.
It blows my mind that this is what the store passed off as "repaired damage".
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Not even close.
It was so bad that clothing was snagging on the edges of the cracks.
Only one thing left to do at this point.
Yep
Chainsaw...
I pulled the back off and proceeded to undo all the crappy glue joints in the back as best as possible.
Going to have to replace the chunks of linings that got damaged as well.

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Refitted the pieces back together and the back looks and feels somewhat more like a guitar back, now.

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At least on the outside it does...
It's nice and smooth and even now. No more raised edges to snag.
Inside the back, it's a different story...

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It took a little creativity to tie everything back together and keep the broken edges aligned.
Thirty five cross grain cleats do a great job of keeping things flat & stable, and the braces have been repaired and reattached to the back.

Now I drink beer.:cheers:
To be continued...
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Everything looks good except those cleats. Too big, not uniform, and too many. IMO. I make them from cross grain spruce.

Instead os a bunch of cleats, In this repair I probably would have used Martin style center strip back reinforcement spruce and run a single strip over the long crack, fitting it so it covers the entire crack in between the braces. And at the butt run one up to the last back brace. Your cleats are fine structurally but not so much cosmetically.
 
Thatbastarddon said:
Plus, the table saw incident…I don’t think that he plays as much anymore.
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I’ll jump on this opportunity for a PSA for our recent new members at TTR:

hacks follow up with the sturgeon...

met with the cat that did my hand surgery today. after i gushed with thanks, i found out the facts. the good news is i have 4 fingers... bad news is 3 of the 4 are stitched more than a quilt. the one that the bone was severed has 2 steel pins in it, and the thumb is gone from below the middle...
www.thetonerooms.com
 
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