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Composite Acoustics carbon fiber travel guitar
Talk about a great idea that didn’t seem to catch on! Feast your eyes on the Composite Acoustics “Cargo” carbon fiber acoustic travel guitar. From their website: “Composite materials allow us to break with tradition in more than one way. Molding a one-piece body enables us to shape the form of an acoustic guitar to the contours of the player’s body. Our guitars are lighter, stronger and more comfortable as a result. Our soundboards are extremely responsive, making for a very clear and powerful guitar. Each guitar is hand-crafted, yet employs computer guidance to control precise tolerances from design to assembly.” It seems the company wasn’t able to stay afloat,…
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Curt Mangan Fusion Matched Strings
Brooklyn Fretworks is now an authorized dealer for Curt Mangan Strings! These fine strings are made by artisans in Colorado. The have over one zillion varieties (possible exaggeration on my part) and surely a set to fit what you’re playing, and how you like to play it. Check them out on the web at Curt Mangan Strings.
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1974 Epiphone Caballero
Here’s a circa 1974 MIJ Epiphone Caballero acoustic guitar. Someone wasn’t very nice to it in the past, but that’s why we are here! The neck block was broken, and the side sheets and soundboard were detached. We were able to repair most of the damage, then gave her the Legendary Southeast Setup, along with a new bone bridge saddle. She’s ready for another fifty years of joyous music! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Joseph “Chip” Tait (@brooklynfretworks)
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1992 Ovation Collector’s Series
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Martin Custom X gets a little love
Here’s a super-lightweight MIM Martin, which is on the bench for a Southeast Setup and a couple minor repairs. We noted a slight crack in the soundboard along the centerline, but after a thorough inspection we noticed that the transverse braces, the bridge plate and the tailblock were holding the crack at bay, and that it was structurally sound. Sometimes doing nothing is doing the right thing for the client.
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Updated 1960s Harmony Parlour guitar
Here’s what we came up with for the 1960s-era Harmony G-100 parlour guitar I picked up a few months back. We fitted it with a new trapeze tailpiece, and with new MIJ tuners. A new floating rosewood bridge with rubber saddle was added. We also installed a passive Fishman pickup. And painted it black, with a new black pickguard. What do you think?
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Baltimore Guitar REPAIR-BUILD-MODIFY
