Andy Cohen's
Epiphone Texan
Andy brought
me this guitar and asked that I don't give it a neck reset the
normal way, because he was unsure of the nature of the neck joint.
He wanted me to take off the fingerboard and shim and trim the
neck. The customer is always right they say, so that's just what
I did (among other things).
Soundhole
before & after (note the shrunken binding at the waist):
Since
I had the fingerboard off it was pretty simple to remove and
reglue the bindings, top and back:
Check
out this truss rod!
Fingerboard
is back on with a shim underneath. It also had the evil side
of the fingerboard cracks.
I put
an extra brace behind the old one and reenforced the soundhole
with spruce.
The old
bridge had been shaved down to nothing, so I made a new one out
of Indian rosewood, which I dyed with yellow dye to look like
Brazilian. Andy is on a tight budget and so am I!
Since
I had the binding loose at the top of the guitar, I was able
to make it fit tight to the edges.
I added
a piece of binding on the back, by the heel.
Minnie
Pearl Stands Guard on the finished guitar!
