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03-21-2018, 11:55 AM
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Would the shop at CME do me a nice new pickguard?
Enroute to new home in Florida, we'll be in Chicagoland for a few weeks, staying way out in the northwest in McHenry county, but visiting down in the city regularly. Our son and his family live not to far from CME.
I want a new pickguard on the old D18. The new one Brian Kimsey put on is peeling up on three edges and Brian has refunded me for that work. I don't want to do the work myself, but it sure looks easy when I watch the StewMac video. We have visited CME and I met their shop guys, but we did not discuss any Martin work. I was there to see if some truss rod adjustment could improve my neck relief in my Yamaha LS-TA. It did. I had never done a truss rod twist. So can I count on CME for doing something as simple as a pickguard? And do I have to go all the way in to the city for this? Is there someone out in the far NW suburbs that I could go to for this?
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03-21-2018, 01:36 PM
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The CME repair shop can definitely handle a pick guard removal and re-installation.
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03-21-2018, 01:52 PM
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If you're in the NW burbs, you won't be far from Marc Babin in Hampshire, IL (http://www.babinguitars.com/). Marc is an excellent guitar repair tech, and I'm sure he could help you out.
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03-21-2018, 03:07 PM
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03-21-2018, 04:25 PM
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03-21-2018, 05:26 PM
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have a lot of fun
Last edited by thingthatisdone; 03-21-2018 at 05:41 PM.
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03-21-2018, 08:04 PM
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It seems you already have started the process with Mr. Babin. Good choice. I have used his services a couple of times and both times, I've been very pleased with the results. Despite the 3hr drive to drop off and pick up, he is now the ONLY person who I will send my guitars to for service. Stand-up guy and a great craftsman.
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03-21-2018, 08:12 PM
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Mr Babin's a little cranky, saying he'll need a ten to fourteen day window in which to do this, which won't do for my needs. Illinois is a stopover on our way to Naples, FL.
While I can understand his position, this being a squeeze-in job, it doesn't look that big a deal, particularly when I watch the Stew-Mac video of one being done, . . . . . . including the overnight cure for the glue in the crack fill, which mine does not need, and the CA glue seal for the uncoated bare spruce under the guard, which I do not believe mine has. This instrument has had two pickguard jobs since it was new. This'll be the fourth. I'll speak with him Thursday to see what might be done. And before that, I will ask Bryan Kimsey, who put on the one that is there now and curling up on three edges, whether there is sealer over the spruce.
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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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