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This Guild F4 arrived with a footprint
where the customer's buddy had crushed it with his boot.
Some of the spruce top was missing and the top bracing
was splintered.
As
it's a medium priced instrument, I gave the customer
the option to repair the existing damage to keep his
cost down. He informed me his friend was picking up
the bill.. so here we go with a new top.
Guild
does not offer replacement tops, so this replacement
would have to be constructed from blank stock. The first
step was to completely remove the damaged top and top
bracing. I was careful to leave the kerfed lining as
well as the outer black binding complete and undisturbed.
I
salvaged the original top and filled in the missing
edges with autobody filler. After checking that this
top fits back into the sides I will use it as a template
to cut the replacement top.
Here
is the completed top with new bracing.
The
new top is final fitted then glued down. Notice the
fingerboard from the 14th fret and up has been removed
to allow for a complete top. My preference would be
to remove the neck completely then glue the entire neck
after the top has been installed but the cost was prohibitive
for this repair.
Here
it is completed with a new pickguard and rubbed finish.
The original bridge was reused.
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