Had a visit for five days from Farre who had six instruments that needed overhauling. Two Bjärtons and four levins, almost all of the newer variety from the 1960s and 1970s. The exception was a "Robert Johnson" Levin from the 1930s. No guitar with a cut head!

If I remember correctly, there were three neck replacements, two and a half bandages, regluing of stays, conversion of a stay from round adjustable "plumps" to a stay leg, adjustment of drawbars, oversaddles and stay legs in legs and adjustment of string height, cleaning and oiling of tuning screws and gluing of cracks. A little paintwork also on a couple of the guitars.

Sore throat is always a challenge, but we were lucky. The little Bjärton guitar had a real sway mast to the neck, to find the right we had to test with tight strings in turns. The first XNUMX hours after the turnover and string up, the neck moved and the string height went up. But when everything was clear and stable, the stable leg was just as it should be. The other large Hagström / Bjärton guitar was also difficult to put on. Both got a wedge under the grip board to keep the entire board straight.

The unique Levinen with original tags from when it was sold had a studded neck. The first one I met. Had a perfect small flat screwdriver for the square holes in the nuts. It turned out that neck turn on it was very easy to work with when the glued grip board was removed from the lid thanks to a neck could be adjusted laterally in the attachment via built-in gap in the bolts. It was easy to center the strings, you basically just have to keep track of the neck angle during the turnover. The turnover became so perfect that the original stall legs could be used as it was. A collector's guitar in original condition, but also playable.

A bit of fun to see the difference in the craftsmanship between contemporary Bjärton and Levin. Probably it is class difference with Levin finishing one.

Intense days and a few hamburger meals later, but with good help from Farre we managed to get everyone ready to play together. Farre has a bit of a job getting to know all the "new" guitars. The winner, in my opinion, is the W32 Levinen from 1974 after the change to a normal stable leg and oversaddle in legs 🙂