The owner of this D2H Brazilian Rosewood guitar purchased it used and wanted it returned to its original appearance. The previous owner removed the ebony endpin and drilled a ½" hole all the way though to accommodate a pickup and metal jack.

Looking into the endblock the enlarged hole will be plugged.

A mahogany plug was cut to fit.

The celluloid tapered wedge was carefully removed and another mahogany plug was cut and fit into place.

Having a great relationship with the Collings shop allows me to get the correct replacement parts.

Even the right parts take a great deal of time to fit in. I had to get the tapered edges tight then fit the upper and lower edges.

Click on the arrow to see the work progress.