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by rstevenson
Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:39 am
Forum: El Degas Show & Tell
Topic: Repairing a GB-27
Replies: 11
Views: 9875

Re: Repairing a GB-27

I don't think the owner is interested in doing any more work on it. His attachment to it is mostly personal -- his father bought it for him as his first 'real' guitar. He mostly plays electric now. I'll suggest lighter strings to him, and that he should detune the guitar a little whenever he puts it ...
by rstevenson
Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:15 am
Forum: El Degas Show & Tell
Topic: Repairing a GB-27
Replies: 11
Views: 9875

Re: Repairing a GB-27

Hi again,

Turned out to be relatively easy to clamp the bridge down. Here's a few pics of the clamping. I used the small wooden block as a spacer lightly taped inside, in between the ribs so I could apply pressure at just the right spot. The ribs themselves felt tight, though they are apparently ...
by rstevenson
Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:29 pm
Forum: El Degas Show & Tell
Topic: Repairing a GB-27
Replies: 11
Views: 9875

Re: Repairing a GB-27

Hi Charles,

Here's some pictures. There's one with a striaght board laid across the top, with spacers under each end. The spacers are exactly 1/8" thick and the board is touching the top in the middle. Little hard to see in the pics of course. There's another extreme closeup showing the end of the ...
by rstevenson
Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:53 am
Forum: El Degas Show & Tell
Topic: Repairing a GB-27
Replies: 11
Views: 9875

Repairing a GB-27

Hello,

First, don't panic! (Just like it says on the cover of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy). It's only a minor repair, and I'm even going to ask if I should do it. :)

A GB-27 has come to me with a very bowed top. Very? Well, I guess it's normal for the top to bow up just behind where the ...