It is rare that I do a GammelGura on such a modern guitar as a Levin 124 from 1959. In addition, an extra small "school guitar" with a short 59,5 cm scale. But it's always fun to have a change. The guitar was in very good condition, a bit high string height and bad tuning screws were probably what you could complain about. And…
Spent two days getting my queue in order. In the future I will be more disciplined, at least that is my goal. If there is someone who did not send an e-mail but only spoke by phone or visited the premises and who is not on the list, get in touch!
Some GammelGura have passed the premises without getting their blog posts, but I will try to catch up. One problem is that my memory is unreliable. This guitar was a little special with extra pearl inlays, but it was also unusually heavily restored. When it was new, it had rosewood in the bottom and...
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It's been a while since I wrote a post on the blog. There are several reasons, partly because I mostly dealt with repairs that had been left for too long, partly because I spent computer time cleaning up my hard drives and digitizing my cassette tapes. In the meantime, work has continued in the premises as usual and...
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When I adjust the height of the stand leg, I use a genius tool to sand away material from the bottom of the stand leg. I bought it many years ago directly from the inventor in Italy when I immediately realized that I had to have it. My way of working when adjusting the stable leg is as follows: Make a stable leg...
It all started with a Levin that was found in a garbage room. I brought it home for a GammelGura restoration, but it just so happened that I just bought a similar Levin in better condition at a local auction with the serial number from the same year and close to the one from the junkyard. We agreed to change the guitars...
I am currently reading an interesting book, Work clean by Dan Charnas. It is about a way of organizing their work in a way that is used by all commercial chefs who have high demands on themselves in order to work both efficiently, well and quickly. They call it "Mise-en-place". By planning both time and tasks...
Work continues with ongoing batch, one that has already been completed and delivered is an American American Conservatory parlour. Although I have a stamped serial number, 79982, I have not been able to work out when it was manufactured. Probably around 1900, but maybe a little later. It's rare to see similar guitars in Sweden, but those that exist...
I try to keep a stock of Newtone Heritage 0.12 and 0.11 strings at home, but sometimes I only have enough for the current batch. I also usually have a few NH 0.10 sets and regular Newtone Masterclass 0.11 sets at home. Right now the stock is low, but a new load is on the way. It usually takes…
All lids have had their ribs glued and adjusted. For the lids, I use my collapsible go-bar and a base plate with the same radius as the underside of the ribs. Since I am gluing several large plates in the lid, they need to be glued to a surface that is curved in two dimensions, the bottom ribs, on the other hand, can be glued to a one-dimensional support with the same...
