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08-07-2017, 12:12 PM
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In need of some scrap spruce for a repair
Well I just bought a 1988 Taylor 610 with a top crack by the fretboard extension and am going to try and to the repair myself. It appears to be a very similar repair job to what is found on the frets.com page here: http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/Luth...topcrack2.html
Judging by that repair article I'm going to need myself a small amount of spruce, perhaps an off cut from a top and a piece of a brace. Wanted to see if anyone on here had some that was going into the burn pile that I could buy off of you. Would love to be able to get what I need for about $10 to cover a small flat rate USPS box and a little extra as a thank you. Heres a couple pics of the actual guitar for good measure   
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Jeremiah Current Guitars: 1986 Petros Spruce/Rosewood Dread (for sale) 2000 Taylor XXV-DR 1997 Taylor 514c My photography website 
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08-07-2017, 12:20 PM
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You can purchase Thompson crack/repair cleats from Stewmac for $5.00
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08-07-2017, 12:20 PM
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What do you need scraps for?
How big do you need? I think you could glue those cracks and cleat them underneath - because of the type of break, you might want to beef it up underneath (that's not a very resonant spot on the soundboard, anyway)
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08-07-2017, 01:58 PM
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My thought was to do a repair similar to the frets.com article I linked. In Franks article he seemed to imply that trusting glue and cleats alone might be too much stress and instead reinforced with a piece of spruce glued in perpendicular to the top. Heres a pic of the way Frank reinforced the area around the soundhole.
 And heres the reinforcement he put along the neck block that appears to basically be a section of a brace. 
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08-07-2017, 07:25 PM
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Ahhhhh gotcha. That's what I was leaning toward in my comment. I was confused thinking you wanted to replace a section of soundboard.
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Fazool "The wand chooses the wizard, Mr. Potter" Taylor GC7, GA3-12, SB2-C, SB2-Cp...... Ibanez AVC-11MHx , AC-240
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08-07-2017, 08:42 PM
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08-08-2017, 05:16 AM
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