Vintage gibson es 1251/2/2023 ![]() The Titebond II premium wood glue sets up quickly with very strong properties. Since this top wasn’t going to be removed, we chose not to use hide glue, as the glue’s workability properties would make the process more difficult and give us sloppy results. This preps the area and gets the Titebond II premium wood glue to flow in between more smoothly. Parallel BracesĪfter re-warping the guitar’s top, I used a thin and long spatula to work a small amount of water between the brace and top. It required expanding the clamp a total of four times, each time adding slightly more pressure, to achieve a uniform top. Over a period of three weeks the inside of the top was moistened with a damp pad and expanded with our custom repair jack. ![]() Wax paper was placed inside the guitar to protect the back from any glue or water stains. It was basically one of our BGF Brace Repair Jacks with a radius maple wood block attached to one end. Adam Meyer assisted me in the shop with designing this radius clamping call. The first step to this repair was re-warping the top to its original uniformity. ![]() At this point, I realized there would be a few steps to this repair before any gluing began. Once inside, the first thing I noticed was that the parallel braces were loose midway up toward the neck. With the pickup removed, I was ready to go through the top pickup route to get inside the body cavity with a flexible inspection mirror and work light. I purposely do this so that the solder joints won’t be altered by desoldering the hot and shield pickup wires for a complete but unnecessary removal. Our first step was to inspect the inside structure of the top by removing the two screws that held the P-90 in place, then wrap a protective foam cover around the pickup and place it inside the body. It had been this way for years but, as of late, had increasingly gotten worse. On our workbench this month is a Gibson ES-125, which came to us with a collapsed top. ![]()
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