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Old 03-18-2024, 04:39 AM
PineMarten PineMarten is offline
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Guitar sides are usually quite thin and even laminate sides can fracture quite easily from leverage on a straight jack. So if you do it, I'd want some sort of reinforcing patch around the hole to add some rigidity, something like a large washer shaped from thin plywood and glued on the inside.
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