Submarine archtop

[bea]

Patience first of all. Craftmanship least, especially when compared to professional luthiers. Well, i try to develop my skills.

Good luck with that neck joint; is that deep enough to affect neck relief?

Mhmm, relief? These neck joints support and hold the neck more or less at one single point.

The crack in the neck joint seems to have been repaired. It looks as if the gap You see had been sawn into the neck in order to be able to bring glue deeply into the neck. I expect that it will hold just fine if i glue in a chip (It looks i'd actually need three pieces) and reinsert the screw.

 

[bea]

Just closed the box. The body deformed a bit during my treatments. So i had to compress it by abount half a cm, but still the bottom plate will not match perfectly. Anyway, i'll find a way also to re-add the old binding. Given the state of the guitar, perfection would be cool, but i cannot expect more than a reasonable compromise.

The instrument needs a better setup (fret levelling) and possibly a better bridge - i am not sure if the old bridge can be adapted to the now larger height.

Well, and here the filled heel - if a repair cannot be hidden, pronounce it and turn it into a feature:

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Maybe a black paint pen you could of doctored that up some.

 

[WavMixer]

I always look forward to watching you work your magic Bea, and this time is no exception.