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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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1949 Martin D-28 Restoration
The old 1949 Martin D-28 is still in the works. Recently it has been partially re-assembled. The back and top are attached. Also, the truss rod slot is scraped clean and the t-bar truss rod is ground, cleaned with wire … Continue reading
X-brace Gluing and Ebonizing a Bridge
The ’48 Martin gets its x bracing reglued. Also, a new bridge plate to replace the replacement rosewood bridge plate. This maple bridge plate is a bit thicker than original to help keep the top from blowing apart. The last … Continue reading
1950 Epiphone Archtop Repair
A Philadelphia built, 1950 Epiphone archtop gets a new trapeze tailpiece, tuner buttons, cleaned and setup. An original tailpiece would have been great but I was unable to locate one. A diamond decorated trapeze from an old Gibson 335 does … Continue reading
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.
More work completed.
We are still waiting for our newest shipment of river-recovered mahogany to be released at the port. In the mean time, we got a sunburst shot on the archtop restoration and have bound and been pore filling the mahogany project.