Gretsch guitar repair

Описание: Here's a recent repair, a 1960's Gretsch Chet Atkins. It went from being the worst example of this guitar I've seen to being the best playing Gretsch I've come accross.The laminated neck was seperating in places due to poor storage conditions and poor wood choice at the manufacturing stage. The rod was no longer functional and the neck-extension had swelled and was lifting up at the body.

Here's a ist of what was done:

Neck removal -
following parts removed:
dowel and screw
neck
frets, nut
fingerboard and binding
neck-extension
red side-dot position markers
fingerboard inlays

Neck Rebuild involving:
new maple sections at headstock and heel
new maple neck extension
new s.s. truss rod installed
new rosewood fingerboard cut with cnc for exact match
re-fretted with vintage style fretwire
original inlays individually traced and pocketed
new binding installed with original red position markers
back of headstock / heel re-shaped to original profile
headstock face crack repaired
new logo cut and installed
new bone-nut fitted
neck refinished and sealed

Neck reset:
old shims replaced with new mahogany.
neck properly aligned
neck extension fitted to body and glued
new ebony dowel fitted
5 clear coats of lacquer

Set-up
brass bridge filed to new radius and intonated
pots cleaned

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