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Old 04-06-2013, 11:49 AM
Ned Milburn Ned Milburn is offline
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Now this gets interesting. Your photos show impact on the soundboard edge near the bottom right corner of the guitar. The top has possibly come loose from its lining, This is a more challenging repair than just a crack along the grain. Grain cracks are fairly easily dealt with, but getting the damage near the binding/lining/top-end-grain repaired well requires more effort.

If it is DYI, you can use a flat caul covered with wax paper to try and glue down the top so it is flush again at the edges. Then, in a separate operation, you could glue the grain crack which, with skill and maybe a bit of luck, might level itself off better once the crunched area is rectified. Just be careful not to get any glue into the grain crack while glueing the first edge crack. Hypodermic syringes loaded with 15 or 20% watered down Titebond II can be your friend for this operation.
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