July 2019 – Francis Guitar Repair

July 25, 2019July 25, 2019

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Late 19th/early 20th C. parlor guitar from Thompso

Late 19th/early 20th C. parlor guitar from Thompson O’Dell in Boston.

Some are concerned to know if their Ditson, Thompson & O’Dell, etc, are a Martin-made instrument. Maybe this one was, or not. (Probably not, no ancillary markings). That’s not the story here.

The story here is that this guitar has been in the same family for over 120 years. And its current custodian is a Vietnam Vet who has found healing and community in music.

Crack repairs with vintage-style cleats to match the previous (excellent) repairs, and a new saddle to budge the intonation a bit.

#ThompsonODell
#MadeInBostonKhed

Playing your grandfather’s instrument is a speci

Playing your grandfather’s instrument is a special privilege, especially after he has passed on.

Another grandson about to enjoy that feeling with this Kentucky - so glad the top curvature came back with the tone bars repaired.

#KentuckyMandolin

It was honestly not my intention to open a dimensi

It was honestly not my intention to open a dimensional portal. I was simply using a mirror with an endoscope to see inside a mandolin.

#WhateverItWasThatCameOutOfTheFHoleJustAteTokyo

#IntoTheMultiverseOfMandoliness

Couple of fun USA Strats that came through the sho

Couple of fun USA Strats that came through the shop this week.

Because the marketing people at Fender have told us it is #Straturday , and I always believe what Fender’s marketing people tell me.

I feel like that’s either a terrible threat, or

I feel like that’s either a terrible threat, or a complaint about one’s inability to make friends who aren’t musicians.

#WhenSlogansGetOntological

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