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Custom, hand-built guitars and mandolins, restoration, repair and consignment for collectors and Bluegrass and acoustic musicians by Chris Oliver in Springfield, Illinois.
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Martin Restoration
A vintage Martin D-28 gets its old rosewood bridge (probably installed in the 70′s) removed. Also, the mahogany project gets its neck glued on. Dovetail joints take very few clamps to keep a tight joint during the glue-up.
Sawing Old Growth River Recovered Logs
The logs… this term is used loosely… loaded into the production line. This mill is huge. They saw, grade and sort approximately 40,000 bd. ft. of oak and other domestics every day. The stickers on the end of the cant … Continue reading
Sawing Logs
Finally, we will be sawing our load of Old Growth Mahogany on Friday the 26th. If you have a request for specific sizes, please contact me by Thursday the 25th. Extra cuts will be made for 1-piece bodies and necks … Continue reading
Top Repair 3 and more…
The broken guitar gets its neck reset. The mahogany project gets its neck carved and fit.
Top Repair 2
The broken guitar gets its top removed. Then a new Adirondack spruce top is added and bindings and purfling installed.