So I was buffing it late at night...and I was tired...I shouldnt have been anywhere near the buffer....should I? NO!...So anyway there I was buffing away when I had a momentary lapse of concentration...as you do when your buffing
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The following pictures are the result soundhole of the Black top Blackwood guitar being caught by said buffer and being ripped from my hands subsequently traveling on a short but brisk journey south to destination concrete floor....I was speechless....as you can see...it was a bit of a train wreck ....
Anyway I just put it up and looked at it for about a year....So here it is....I decided to have a go at salvage. I hope to salvage the rimset and put a new falcate top on it and a new back. I will also have the opportunity to put some side mass attachment blocks in it as well for resonance trimming.
I thought that I would take the back off first but I found that with a bit of heat the lacquer can be stripped fairly easily so I thought I would strip the whole back and sides before I took the back off to begin repairs. I will put a new top on it after I replace the back. I thought it better to get the back off intact instead of driving the jigsaw around just inside of the linings. I will do that for the top though...
I will try to post a few pics here to show progress as it goes along towards being a healthy guitar again.
Anyway here are a few to start off ....