Gibson L-30 ~1942
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Little Falls, NJ, United States
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This is as full a restoration/ relic as can be!
A man walked into my repair shop with a bag of guitar parts.... (see photo) and I took my time to piece this guitar back together over the last year.
All told it required:
The solid carved spruce top:
Was in fine shape! No separation from the sides, no cracks, no lifting in the braces glue joints.
The back:
Needed to be pieced back together using 3/8” flame maple strips to widen the shrunken birch back, 3 out of 4 original braces where in the bag, I remade the lowest ladder brace.
The sides:
Were removed from the neck, rekurfed and parabolic sanded, the back glued back onto the guitar as if I was making the guitar brand new. No compromises were made here.
The back strip of binding was then replaced.
The Neck:
Was removed to do the body work, in resetting it to the body I freshly set the angle to be nice and tall.
With everything reassembled I simulated string tension in a neck jig, leveled the fingerboard, and installed new frets.
I then reliced the paint job a bit to make her look her age.
Finally the guitar got a new set of restoration tuners, a bone nut, and is currently strung with 12s.
This guitar is a fine example of what a pre war V neck Gibson can be. It’s wide string spacing (2.200” bridge and 1.750” nut) make it a joy to finger pick and the tone can be described most accurately by:
vintage, punchy, and warm!
The action is set to 3/64ths under the high E and 2/32nds under the low E.
Yes, the truss-rod is working, it should be noted it only takes half a turn of tension on the nut to yield .000” relief. (This neck is straight!)
The guitar is strung with .012s
Also it’s adjustable bridge allows action to be tailored to your needs with ease.
Guitar comes with a new guardian case.
Buyer is responsible for all return shipping costs and must purchase insurance on any return shipping.
A man walked into my repair shop with a bag of guitar parts.... (see photo) and I took my time to piece this guitar back together over the last year.
All told it required:
The solid carved spruce top:
Was in fine shape! No separation from the sides, no cracks, no lifting in the braces glue joints.
The back:
Needed to be pieced back together using 3/8” flame maple strips to widen the shrunken birch back, 3 out of 4 original braces where in the bag, I remade the lowest ladder brace.
The sides:
Were removed from the neck, rekurfed and parabolic sanded, the back glued back onto the guitar as if I was making the guitar brand new. No compromises were made here.
The back strip of binding was then replaced.
The Neck:
Was removed to do the body work, in resetting it to the body I freshly set the angle to be nice and tall.
With everything reassembled I simulated string tension in a neck jig, leveled the fingerboard, and installed new frets.
I then reliced the paint job a bit to make her look her age.
Finally the guitar got a new set of restoration tuners, a bone nut, and is currently strung with 12s.
This guitar is a fine example of what a pre war V neck Gibson can be. It’s wide string spacing (2.200” bridge and 1.750” nut) make it a joy to finger pick and the tone can be described most accurately by:
vintage, punchy, and warm!
The action is set to 3/64ths under the high E and 2/32nds under the low E.
Yes, the truss-rod is working, it should be noted it only takes half a turn of tension on the nut to yield .000” relief. (This neck is straight!)
The guitar is strung with .012s
Also it’s adjustable bridge allows action to be tailored to your needs with ease.
Guitar comes with a new guardian case.
Buyer is responsible for all return shipping costs and must purchase insurance on any return shipping.
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