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Martin B-String Crack & Repair
Posted on July 7th 2021
This 1958 Martin O-18 came in with the classic b-string crack caused by a shrinking pickguard. There was glue from a previous attempt at repair that needed to be cleaned out with a heated xacto blade. After cleaning all that out, a spline needed to be put in the crack and then color matched, as well as two cleats on the underside of the top. Then a new pickguard was made to fit just inside the existing lacquer line.








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