Acoustic Guitar Construction

In a very scruffy furniture shop in town ,Ellesmere Port , There is always a smashed plate glass window. A crowded mixture of tables and mattresses . Very badly run and always untidy . They have two dining tables in nicely coloured wood . Asking what the wood was --"Rosewood" he says . Wha...

What is the best way to approach a guitar repair when there is no label telling you what glue was used originally or since it was first made ? I saw some guitars for repair on e bay and that is the first question I asked myself. Is there a forensic system with maybe a microscope that works best ?

The aluminium extrusions looked familiar . So did the plywood model . I made a plywood thing where a screw would push a hacksaw blade upwards .The blade was filed to a point and a makeshift readout was marked on the plywood after testing various measured objects like drill bits .Then I moved away fr...