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MotorAve Restoration & Repair Mark is still repairing guitars on a very limited basis. He has a core group of collectors, dealers, and players that he continues to work with. If you have a very nice or very broken guitar that you're interested in sending for repair, please contact us for an estimate. If you plan on shipping a guitar please contact us first. We occasionally post blogs on our MySpace page of interesting repairs. Check it out. |
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Before: The neck on this rare Gretsch was literally disintegrating. Pictured above: the neck after being pulled and binding and finger board removed. |
After: the neck was rebuilt, re fretted, and reset- the guitar was reassembled and playable for the first time in many, many years. |
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Hide glue was used exclusively to rebuild this guitar. For explanation of nifty hide glue preparation see: frets.com |
fingerboard extension was rebuilt in steps |
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this before shot of the frets tells part of the story- the 5 ply-binding had previously been repaired and was deemed unsalvageable. Also, there were chunks of ebony missing. |
It's obvious how bad the fret work was, but I wish I had taken better photos of just how damaged the board was- the difference between before and after was striking. |