• From: BELGIUM
  • Registered: 2007-01-27
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Topic: ACOUSTIC TROUBLE

I had a topic about this, but I deleted that topic.

I have an acoustic and the top was not longer flat but higher on some places and deeper on others
I went to see 2 luthiers and they send me to a luthier specialised in acoustic guitars.
Waiting tile 2 years. A friend took my guitar a few months ago to give it to someone who's passion is how a guitar is made. He can really do a lot, he takes every piece of guitar to see how she is made.
He repaired my guitar using an ingenious wooden system to put in my guitar and to lift the top.
Probably it will affect the sound, not much, but IS THERE A CHORDIAN FAMILIAR WITH SUCH A "TREATMENT"?
What happens when you sit by accident on your expensive guitar, or a ruined top caused by heat+cold dry+wet.
I am talking about an expensive guitar, a cheap guitar easier to buy another.

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  • Registered: 2007-10-03
  • Posts: 6

Re: ACOUSTIC TROUBLE

Replacing or repair of braces in top is a good option. This is best done by an experienced builder, as it will effect very much the tone, volume, and sustain. Pretty much everything you love about an expensive guitar. Straight grained, hand split, seasoned spruce, with a bright tap tone is the best wood for these braces, applied with hot hide glue. If extensive repair is the best option they will probably want to remove the back. Look for an authorized Martin guitar service center.

  • From: BELGIUM
  • Registered: 2007-01-27
  • Posts: 3,403

Re: ACOUSTIC TROUBLE

David, first nice to meet you, and what you write is what I was intended to do. I have a Gibson Hummingbird with that problem and it seemed to complicated for 2 of them and waiting time was 2-3 years, to handle my guitar to a professional acoustic guitar builder (there are a lot more electric guitar builders). So a friend who is obsessed by guitars, the technical side, placed a little wooden device to lift the top.
That's the reason why I asked if someone was familiar with such device. The guitar sounds really nice, is from the early sixties and having one from the seventies, it is always difficult to compare.
My 3 most played acoustics are a Gibson SJ-200 Montana Gold, a Martin D-45V and a HD-28, better than Gibson dreadnaughts, but this is my opinion.

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  • Registered: 2007-05-24
  • Posts: 48

Re: ACOUSTIC TROUBLE

regarding misshapped tops, my 46' gibson j-45 was begining to warp.  instead of a  nice smooth curve across the top below the bridge it was kind of wavy, humps up and down.  i got most of this out using damp sticks -- it took quite some time.

  • From: BELGIUM
  • Registered: 2007-01-27
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Re: ACOUSTIC TROUBLE

ssttsstt did your guitar sound different if you compare the before and after the treatment?
I am glad that the top of my guitar is almost normal, having 2 Hummingbirds and a dove (also early sixties, I have the impression that the dove and hummingbird, both sixties, give me a more metallic sound.

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