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Headstock re-break and old glue residue
I have a Gibson Chet Atkins in the shop with a nasty headstock re-break. The headstock was broken off previously and repaired (at another shop). The repair to the front of the headstock has held, but the main break opened back up along the same line. Since the headstock is hanging on by the headstock veneer I can’t really open up the crack…
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Reply to Tips/Lessons/Encouragement for new Venture
Hi Corey, I’m glad to hear that you are starting an actual shop. I have wondered why you weren’t around the Looth group lately. I read all the advice from the others, and of course I started in a small shop, and had a number of small shops for many years until finally, and age 72, I built the shop that you visited for the workshop. Before that…
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Easy to love! 🙂
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Give Danny a shout. Nice guy! He has the shop in Austin, then expanded to a Houston location recently. He is doing a monthly “Luthier Lecture “ in Houston. You would be great to present there!
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Reply to Tips/Lessons/Encouragement for new Venture
Corey, starting your own shop is a huge step. You’ve laid all the ground work and have lots, very likely more experience under your belt than most of us did when we started our shops. That would certainly be true for me when I started 40 years ago.
As far as the anxiety you’re experiencing? That would be normal for virtually any new…
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If I had the experience you had when I started…! Look – if your business is half as amazing as your new shop, you’re gonna do great! You know what to do. And when you don’t, you’ve got support everywhere – your awesome wife, kick-ass mentor, and us, just a click away! You got this! You are ready!
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Reply to Dent in Taylor headstock
Wow, thanks so much for the advice, I really appreciate it! I will take a stab at it. Well, I pretty much have to since I’m the idiot that caused the dent 😅
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Reply to Dent in Taylor headstock
I’d hit that ding with naptha and see what it looks like. If it disappears, I’d hit it with fill n finish thin, level it and then overcoat with the appropriate sheen lacquer, probably in Ultra Bond from Mohawk.
If the spot gets dark, or the white halo doesn’t disappear, I’d carefully sand the original finish down to bare wood and respray with…
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Are you talking about the Taylor logo? If so, it appears it might be inlay. It doesn’t feel raised up around it at all and I don’t see any edges like around a slide decal or something like that.
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Reply to Tips/Lessons/Encouragement for new Venture
Trust your gut. Say no when you feel like saying no to projects. Chances are good that you are going to have enough profitable work immediately that you won’t have to be the patron saint of wayward dog turds.
If you want to take on projects that will either test your boundaries or are interesting, yet unprofitable, take them on one at a time.…
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