1936 tailpiece Levin

One of the guitars I work with is a fairly simple tailpiece Levin from 1936. A little better than normal as it has a little finer binding and very flammable wood in the side and bottom. The original was clumsily repainted with cellulose lacquer and the bottom was cracked along the middle seam. Glued a strip in rosewood between the halves and has blown clean the whole body. It did not turn out to be the easiest thing. The cellulose varnish was just like that. It was best to heat with a heat gun and then scrape with a razor blade with a back. Took two hours and get rid of it. A new fretboard is underway and a matching replica stable is glued to the lid. This is what it looks like with the original stain under the cellulose varnish left and a spirit varnish primer on.

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