I am trying declare my guitar repair DONE!
By The Horse
@TheHorse (205287)
Walnut Creek, California
December 24, 2017 10:35am CST
As some of you know, the binding started to come up on my one-year-old Martin D-18 guitar. I took it to two separate Guitar Centers (supposedly authorized Martin repair centers) and they sent me to Gryphon Strings in Palo Alto.
That's too long a trip, through bad traffic, so I decided to repair the thing myself. I ordered the special glue I needed from StewMac, which makes everything guitar-related, and did the repair over a two day period.
Since then, I've been doing the "tweaking," lightly sanding the binding flush with the wood and buffing things out with Maguire's Car Polish.
I'm ready to declare my repair done, but I keep tweaking it "just a bit more." Sigh. Anyway, here's a picture of the edge I repaired. I'm glad the finish wasn't damaged by the work. Horray for crazy glue and painter's tape!
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@FourWalls (61952)
• United States
24 Dec 17
Congratulations!! Now, can you do something for that big hole in Willie Nelson’s guitar? 
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@TheHorse (205287)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Dec 17
@allen0187 Now I doing easier projects, like attaching a screen to a pair of "vintage" speakers I restored. Less stressful.
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@LeaPea2417 (36399)
• Toccoa, Georgia
24 Dec 17
That is great you were able to do it yourself.
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@kobesbuddy (74448)
• East Tawas, Michigan
24 Dec 17
It's beautiful, just like it was before! Good job, very nicely repaired:) Here's a photo of Jay's Birthday Gift, you might enjoy seeing!
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@TheHorse (205287)
• Walnut Creek, California
26 Dec 17
@kobesbuddy One key is to do chords like E,D, C, G, A, e-minor, and a-minor over and over until they become "automatic." Then work on smooth and quick transitions between the chords, one at a time.
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@kobesbuddy (74448)
• East Tawas, Michigan
24 Dec 17
@TheHorse Yes, he sure is! It's a $200 Fender, which isn't very expensive. If Jay decides to stick with it, we will get him a higher-quality instrument, some day on down the road. He has always wanted to learn how to play a guitar, so now with the help of some DVDs, that will probably happen!
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@TheHorse (205287)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Dec 17
It is supposedly under warranty. But they ran me all over the Bay Area, trying to get it done, so I just did it myself. The guitar sounds fine. I have one video coming out on YouTube pretty soon where I use this guitar for the leads. I'll provide a link to an original song where I use my Collings OM-1. Sorry if you've already heard it!
A song about falling friendship........ Like and subscribe for more songs and videos :)
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
25 Dec 17
Well done! Looks like nothing had ever happened.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
25 Dec 17
I certainly can't tell the difference. Nice job!
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
24 Dec 17
Wow, it looks really great- way to go
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@saritflor (3914)
• Hungary
25 Dec 17
Great job it looks like new! hope you can let us hear some tunes:)
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@TheHorse (205287)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Dec 17
@saritflor Yeah, I sing and play all the instruments on that one. Townes Van Zandt wrote it, and people like EmmyLou Harris and Willie Nelson made it "famous."
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@saritflor (3914)
• Hungary
25 Dec 17
@TheHorse Do you sing that song? I love the style though
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