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10-17-2020, 03:56 PM
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1961 Gibson LGO Finish
I found my old Gibson LG acoustic and it has a crack and the finish has many spider like cracks. Those are in the finish only. What’s the best way to repair and refinish? Ithh B is also missing the pick guard.
Last edited by Canfieldbay; 10-18-2020 at 10:11 AM. 
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10-18-2020, 02:09 PM
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Need to see pics. Sounds like temperature shock crazing. Once I had a friend who took his guitar case out of his car where it had sat overnight in the freezing temperature. He made the mistake of opening the case immediately when he brought it inside. He watched the entire finish craze like that - spider web cracks. It took about ten seconds. Happens when the lacquer finish expands at a different rate from the underlying wood.
I've always viewed finish crazing as part of the instrument's history and not a thing to be fixed. That's likely nitrocellulose lacquer - not amenable to a "fix." Respray, maybe, but then you're into a whole bunch of work for perhaps little return. I'm curious about the pickguard. Was it applied over the finish or over bare wood?
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Taylor 815C '59 Gibson LG2 Washburn J4 jazz box, ebony tailpiece Gold Tone open back banjo Anon. mountain dulcimer Creaky old Framus 5/1 50 About 1/2 of Guitar One completed; currently intimidating me on account of the neck geometry. Stacks of mahogany, spruce, maritime rosewood, western red cedar Expensive sawdust
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10-19-2020, 12:13 PM
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How to send pic.
The pick guard was over finished wood. I can not figure out how to attach a picture
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10-20-2020, 10:46 AM
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Post a pic on a secondary site, like pinterest. Then clip the url to this site.
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Taylor 815C '59 Gibson LG2 Washburn J4 jazz box, ebony tailpiece Gold Tone open back banjo Anon. mountain dulcimer Creaky old Framus 5/1 50 About 1/2 of Guitar One completed; currently intimidating me on account of the neck geometry. Stacks of mahogany, spruce, maritime rosewood, western red cedar Expensive sawdust
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10-20-2020, 11:15 AM
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Gibson
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10-20-2020, 11:18 AM
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