Good job Austen. Guess what's happened to me? A friend of my girlfriend asked if I could repair her old guitar. I said "Sure". She dragged out a guitar, with the bridge pulled 4/5 of the way off, a huge crack running down the sound board, filthy dirty, & dry as a bone. I was sickened when I saw the Badge...a Canadian made Larivee!!!! As you probably know Larivee's are made with finest woods, beautiful craftsmanship, & cost a pretty penny!!! This particular guitar is an OM3-R. New they sell for almost $3K, used, at least $1K. Talked to Randy at The House That Never Sleeps, he said Humidify the H*ll out of it & cracks should close up. I know this guitar will never be restored to it's original glory, but I can make it playable. This guitar has Mahogany back & sides, as well as a Mahogany neck. It's supposed to have a Rosewood fret board (absolutely the hardest, tight grained rosewood I've ever seen. I can't get a razor blade to even scrape it. I thought it was ebony for that reason.) I know it's not my guitar, but, but how can people treat an instrument like that? (Mott the Hoople's "All the Way to Memphis" comes to mind.) Any way Austen, me sniveling about this is therapy of sorts. I have $100 guitars I've taken better care of. Oh well, wish me luck. Great job on the beautiful guitar!!!!!! (Oh the humanity!)
Jerry at "RSW" uses Titebond Original not TB3. He swears the original is the best. If it comes back with the same break, don't use metal or brass to mechanically secure it. Use 3/16" or 1/4" or metric equivalent wood dowel rods & drill through both halves. 3-4 should do. Gluing them in cross grain will make it far stronger. Cherry or mahogany dowels won't show as much either. Good luck, very good channel.
