Today’s feature is a 1971 Gibson Dove acoustic guitar preservation project.  After 55 years on the road, the player wanted to have some damage repaired in preparation for fifty more years of making music. The bridge was coming loose, and the neck needed to be reset, so that’s where we started, by removing the bridge and neck.  The body then underwent rehydration therapy at the BFW spa, returning the box into balance with nature. This would also allow me to repair about 1000 millimeters of cracks in the soundboard, which was accomplished using the method pioneered by TJ Thompson.  Once the cracks were repaired, I was able to address replacing…