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customer just got back from a gig in New York City and when he
got his guitar off of the plane he had a nice little crack in
the top of his beautiful Bourgeois acoustic. It's very difficult
to see in this picture, but the crack extended from the butt-end
to the bridge. I
tried to take some pictures from inside the guitar but they didn't
turn out. I need to get one of those cameras like Frank Ford uses!
I
first dropped a little water into the crack to help absorb the
glue into the crack. Then I reached inside the guitar and pressed
on the top to open the crack while I rubbed some glue into the
crack. I used several strips of masking tape to "clamp"
the crack shut.
Then
I made three cleats out of a piece of spruce. The cleats glue
onto the crack on the inside of the guitar to stabilize the crack.
I used high powered magnets to align them over the crack. I made
sure the grain of the cleats was running perpendicular to the
grain of the top of the guitar for strength. Then I clamped it
all up and waited for the glue to dry.
Now
it's ready to go. I've talked with the customer since the repair
and he says it's holding up fine and survived a tour in Europe.
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