Chibson V repair
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 10:50 am
This post is being migrated, new content will be added, hoping this spurs me to finish the crack repair of the fretboard...
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I decided to fix this thing finally.
I'm not doing high end work, just fixing it enough to be happy.
Step 1 was plugging the original bridge anchor holes that were looser than a lady of the night...bored them out to 1/2" and plugged with a dowel, then flush cut them.
I had a very cool Schaller roller bridge that I decided to install that uses ABR-1 style anchors, so I used a nice sharp 1/4" Brad point bit. this was ~.010" undersize, so it has a good press fit for the ABR-1 anchors.
Next was plugging the string through holes, I decided to plug only the rear holes since they were already almost 1/4". I just gave them a quick plunge with a 1/4" forstner bit to make sure my 1/4 dowel would go in nicely. I plugged each and cut flush as I went.
lastly I installed the bigsby. for this I used a couple of straight edges along the fretboard. You will notice that the body is a bit off, but the location of the Bigsby hides it a bit. Another strange thing is that the Bigsby was drilled wrong in Kalamazoo...I know this because i had tried to mount this one on a Vibramate V5 which is CNC'd.
next up, I need to layout a new pickguard, create a jack plate since the pocket is too big, and bore out the tuners holes.
The elephant in the room is the cracked ebony fretboard. I have a scrap piece I need to use to make sawdust to mix in with superglue to inject into the crack, but I am afraid to mess it up.
At least the Bigsby hides the holes in the top a bit...
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_________ start old content __________
I decided to fix this thing finally.
I'm not doing high end work, just fixing it enough to be happy.
Step 1 was plugging the original bridge anchor holes that were looser than a lady of the night...bored them out to 1/2" and plugged with a dowel, then flush cut them.
I had a very cool Schaller roller bridge that I decided to install that uses ABR-1 style anchors, so I used a nice sharp 1/4" Brad point bit. this was ~.010" undersize, so it has a good press fit for the ABR-1 anchors.
Next was plugging the string through holes, I decided to plug only the rear holes since they were already almost 1/4". I just gave them a quick plunge with a 1/4" forstner bit to make sure my 1/4 dowel would go in nicely. I plugged each and cut flush as I went.
lastly I installed the bigsby. for this I used a couple of straight edges along the fretboard. You will notice that the body is a bit off, but the location of the Bigsby hides it a bit. Another strange thing is that the Bigsby was drilled wrong in Kalamazoo...I know this because i had tried to mount this one on a Vibramate V5 which is CNC'd.
next up, I need to layout a new pickguard, create a jack plate since the pocket is too big, and bore out the tuners holes.
The elephant in the room is the cracked ebony fretboard. I have a scrap piece I need to use to make sawdust to mix in with superglue to inject into the crack, but I am afraid to mess it up.
At least the Bigsby hides the holes in the top a bit...
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