The repair pic of the week (on the right of the blog page) shows the beginning stages of a Martin neck reset. After heating up the fingerboard extension, I used a pallet knife to loosen the glue joint. This way, when I steamed out the neck joint, the entire neck would pull off the guitar in one piece.
The guitar being repaired is a 1951 Martin D-18... classic. The guitar had been played a lot, as you can see by the look of the top.
The final product was a restored, beautiful vintage player. New bone saddle, rosewood bridge pins, fresh tortoise pickguard, new frets and a bone nut, along with some Waverly tunning gears. We decided not to do any finish work to the wear on the top.--R.E.
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