1964 Guild 1964 F-30 Special Brazilian Rosewood

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BEFORE SHOTS:

Attachment 195711 Original thinned and damaged bridge, pickguard crack.

Attachment 195712 Large top crack.

Attachment 195713 Split at Hip, shrunken binding.

Attachment 195714 Punch in damage near the end block.

Side split across bottom.

Several back splits with glue remnants.

Additional back splits.

Missing back brace.

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DURING SHOTS:

Attachment 195719 Back braces, one repaired, one replaced.

Attachment 195720 Re-glueing a top split.

Attachment 195721 Flattening top, re-gluing additional splits.

Attachment 195722 Re-enforcement cleats inside of top.

Attachment 195723 New bridge being located before slot cut.

Attachment 195724 Mahogany veneer under neck extension.

Attachment 195725 Neck joint showing the heat stick/steam hole.

Attachment 195726 Dove tail pocket in neck block.

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IN PROGRESS CONTINUED:

Neck being re-attached.

Headstock veneer being re-glued.

New bridge being re-glued.

Leveling, crowning and polishing frets.

Bone saddle roughed in.

Bone saddle cut and ready for installation.

One the bench finalizing set up.

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FINISHED SHOTS:

Full frontal shot.

Close up, top.

Repaired headstock.

Fingerboard.

Upper Bass bout/neck joint.

Upper treble bout/neck joint.

Back, close up.

Neck heel.

Butt end of the guitar.

Again, my sincere thanks for all the advice and comments everyone shared! I'll post a short video soon so you can actually hear it!

[William Smith]

Wow very nice repair work to get that ole Gal up and running again! That took some serious time, talent and probably some cuss words!

[Dick Hutchings]

FWIW, my experience with Stewmac's heat stick was not good. I went straight back to my espresso maker and steam needle.

Same experience here. I may try it again some day but only on a guitar that I know is built with PVA. That stuff comes apart great with heat alone. But, steam works so well.