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Return of the Bench Report


BCR Greg

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I have had requests to post bench reports again(it has been quite a while since I have done so), so I thought I'd show you this little gem....

This one should be a challenge.

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2003 R7 with a Braz board and an unlucky past. The owner claims that it fell down the stairs, but this sort of damage is beyond what a stairwell can do.....

Clamps are my best friends.....

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Sanded, ready for lacquer. 8 pieces of mahogany between the heel and tip of the headstock......

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Sprayed and drying.....

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The dark areas are actually endgrain of mahogany fills in between the splints and the original wood.

We are getting somewhere....

Oh, GEE! I found a pair of nasty old warped 50's PAFs in a box under the bench. What SHALL I do with them?

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The finished neck repair as the tuners are installed.

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Did I mention that it's 8.5 lbs?

Yah. __________________

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The owner claims that it fell down the stairs, but this sort of damage is beyond what a stairwell can do.....

Yah. __________________

Angry wife? Was he holdin' out on cash, or had a little punane on the side?

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Hey Greg, nice work. If that had been a 3 piece mahogany neck, could you have fixed it, or would it have likely broken differently? That's pretty wild how it was basically "decapitated".

I'm guessing an angry wife/girlfriend/boyfriend did this.

Z

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Hey Greg, nice work. If that had been a 3 piece mahogany neck, could you have fixed it, or would it have likely broken differently? That's pretty wild how it was basically "decapitated".

I'm guessing an angry wife/girlfriend/boyfriend did this.

Z

A 3 piece neck would have put up more of a fight. As to whether I could fix it?

I CAN FIX ANY GUITAR!!!!!

So here it was upon reassembly...

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Some recent pics, sporting GregWinds and some checking to make it look less like it was stomped in high heels and more like a vintage goldtop that has seen some use....

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This guitar is now a permanent member of my stage arsenal, and it FEELS like my vintage Pauls. I didn't think I could fix it, so we are all impressed at this one!

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