July 2019 – Francis Guitar Repair

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Gibson adjustable saddle bridges (69 or before). I

Gibson adjustable saddle bridges (69 or before). I love it when (not if) those bridges pull off the top of the guitar. They can then be replaced with handmade rosewood bridges that are solid, and bone saddles.

The physics of vibration transfer from the strings to the soundboard of the instrument doesn’t care about how true to vintage the instrument is. It does care about direct contact.

#ThingsPhysicsDoesntCareAbout
#GibsonGuitars

Martin wisely puts hardware on some of their guita

Martin wisely puts hardware on some of their guitars - neck bolts. They should put this hardware on all of their guitars, because in addition to having binding that yells, “freedom”, colours its face blue and runs screaming from the sides of the guitar, their necks tend to pull out of joint over the years.

What would be even better? On the guitars that are designed for neck bolts, if they put the bolts in. This is the third one I’ve seen where, from the factory, they just didn’t bother.

I feel you, neck bolt inserting guy - some days you can’t even. Let’s try though, could we?

It has a neck bolt now. I use stainless 1/4-20 premium bolts that are hand made in small batches. From Home Depot.

#ArtisanallyFounderedGuitarNeckBolts
#CoiningHashTagsFixingGuitars
#WilliamWallaceBinding
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Martin HD-28, mid 90’s, I think. Top crack and

Martin HD-28, mid 90’s, I think. Top crack and neck reset. Of course the binding was loose, but I fixed that a while ago.

This was the second neck reset for this instrument. The first was three years after it left Nazareth. Just a poorly made joint. After rebuilding the heel, the owner and I decided together to put a neck bolt in. I’m starting to think every Martin should have one.

It sounds great now, and the owner shouldn’t be facing this surgery again.

#MartinGuitars

So this is a wild story. A customer of mine sees

Let’s talk about Tacomas. No, not the trucks.

Let’s talk about Tacomas. No, not the trucks. Those are unquestionably awesome and the best pickup ever accomplished by non - cyborg beings.

I am not aware of pickup trucks accomplished by cyborg beings, which is why I reserve comment on that matter.

Right, so guitars. Tacoma guitars are made in Asia from very high quality woods. The construction is normally good. Every one of them that I have played sounds amazing.

You can find them for short money. Mainly because the models with gloss finish have a party trick of having said finish fall off like a snake shedding its cyborg components.

Totally worth it, assuming you play guitar to hear beautiful tone, and not to brush your teeth in its glossy sheen.

#CyborgsDontBrushTheirTeethInTheSheenOfTheirGuitarFinishes

#AtLeastImPrettySure

#ToyotaTacoma

#TacomaGuitars

#CyborgSnakesTheOneBadThingThatDidntHappenIn2020

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