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Acoustic Bridge conversion (right to left)

Here's a sweet sounding Yamaha FG730S that requires a saddle slot modification. The owner plays left handed so time to fill up the saddle slot and make a new one.


Guitar before surgery


Rosewood shim is cut out and planed to the correct thickness.




The rosewood shim is then planed, chiseled and scraped.


The prep work paid off and the bridge has a nice sheen only a properly scraped surface can give.


The new saddle position is determined and marked out with a white pencil. Routing with my bridge slotting jig and dremel tool begins.



I'm very pleased with the work as it turned out nice and clean. The owner should be as happy as me :)

KC

EKO 12 string

Here's a vintage Eko 12 strinng with a very bad neck angle. As it is a bolt on neck, adding shims would fix the problem. I could've just used paper shims but making 2 wood shims would be more appropriate and also a time to hone those woodworking skills.

Here's how it went:


A 70s Eko I believe.



Neck angle is horribly wrong and as a result has unplayable action.






A small piece of scrap sapele is used to make the shim. After planing and shaping, a carpenter square is used to check that all the edges are square.




The shim is finalised and put into the neck cavity.



After bolting the neck back on, the neck angle is now correct.

BC Rich Truss Rod replacment

Here's a USA BC rich bass from the 80s (Yes, the original BC rich). Fretboard has come apart and the truss rod has rusted so badly it looks like it a relic fished out by Jacques Yves Cousteau.

Anyway here are some snap shots of how it went:


Look how badly the truss rod has rusted


A closer look at the rusted truss rod. As the new truss rod is slightly shorter, I filled up the excess length in the old cavity.


The fingerboard is clamped and left to set.




After the clamps are removed, the excess glue is cleaned up and the new truss rod works great. A pity that I forgot to take a pic of the entire bass!

Classical Guitar bridge reglue

Here is a Joan Castimita Classical guitar which requires a bridge reglue. Here's how it went:


Guitar's Decal


Surfaces cleaned up nicely before gluing


Bridge is clamped by using a self made clamping jig; not the prettiest looking but it works great. Glue squeeze out shows that the surfaces mate well.


Excess glue is cleaned up and the guitar is ready to be strung.

Removing the finish from a Fender neck

Here's a 57 RI Japanese Fender neck that was sent in to get its finish removed. Here's how it went:


Finish is scraped using a scraper. A scraper is a traditional woodworking tool and still favoured today by many luthiers and woodworkers.


Using a scraper is quick and does not create dust problems


After scraping, I sanded the neck down and stained it with Colron 'Antique Pine' stain. The colour matches the original one quite well.


After they stain has dried, I gave it a coat of wax and the neck not only looks aged, it also feels great without that 'sticky' feeling the original finish had