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11-26-2017, 11:59 AM
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Older Martin pickguard
My '72 D18 has cracks in its top and the luthiers say it's the cause of the typical Martin pickguard crack. The guard shrinks and takes the wood with it.
In their cost-saving wisdom back in the days of bell bottoms and sideburns, they mounted the pickguard with acetate adhesive right on the bare spruce and then finished over. It's going into Bryan Kimsey for repairs soon, and I am thinking the pickguard should be replaced. I have watched YouTube videos showing luthiers sealing the bare wood under with CA glue before remounting a new guard. What else should I know about this? We'll see what Bryan says, but I thought I would ask the big broad audience here also.
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______________________________________ Naples, FL 1972 Martin D18 (Kimsified, so there!) Alvarez Yairi PYM70 Yamaha LS-TA with sunburst finish Republic parlor resonator Too many ukeleles 
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11-26-2017, 03:37 PM
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It wasn't cost savings. It's just how they did it at the time, and how they'd always done it since pick guards became standard on Martins. Some earlier examples were inlaid, but I mean from the OM forward.
Sealing the bare wood (not necessarily with CA) and applying another guard is about all there is to it, except that you need a guard made/shaped to fit the exact footprint of the old guard.
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