In The Shop: Patching the Bridge Plate on a 1937 Martin D-18

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In The Shop: Patching the Bridge Plate on a 1937 Martin D-18 | Elderly Instruments

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Joe’s back with a pre-war Martin guitar in need of some TLC.
This 1937 D-18 has seen a lot of playing and some questionable fretwork. On today's ‘In The Shop’, Joe will give us an overview of this well-loved instrument, and begin his repairs with an up-close look at patching the bridge plate.
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@bldallas 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, a pre-WW2 Martin D18! That is THE Holy Grail of acoustic guitars, in my opinion. FWIW, my daily player is a D18E Retro, which has the many of the same specs (forward x, scalloped bracing, etc.) and I LOVE it. That bridge plate tool from StewMac is really cool, too. I’ve never seen one before, but what a genius idea; especially when you compare it t the difficulty of removing a bridge plate. Great stuff, thanks.

@stevedowler2366 4 жыл бұрын

Perfect demonstration of Dan's BridgeSaver toolset. Just what I'll use on my 5-18 from 1954.

@mrclaus859 4 жыл бұрын

Looking forward for the next

@chadfengel 4 жыл бұрын

Video each step of the way I'm hoping.

@FrankOlsonTwins 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a beauty! Interesting "fret job" but worse guitar crimes have been committed, i suppose! Can't wait to see the final product!

@12Radius 4 жыл бұрын

Crazy frets! nice guitar!

@Iazzaboyce 4 жыл бұрын

Not that crazy - there was a time you couldn't just order some fret wire online - so top frets worn - swap them for bottom frets.

@edmiller4149 3 жыл бұрын

I like the bridge saver!! Nice work Joe!! Thanks

@jasoncheshire6153 4 ай бұрын

Should I slot the bridge of my new Eric Clapton ooo-28??

@ElderlyInstruments 4 ай бұрын

The guitar comes with slotted bridge pins, so there's no need to slot the bridge unless you're considering converting it to unslotted pins.

@billdedrick1914 4 жыл бұрын

Now that's a Martin....1937 D18.. How does that one sound like? 1-3/4" nut? Chunky neck profile? F.S scalloped bracing?

@ElderlyInstruments 4 жыл бұрын

We'll give it a strum or two in the final episode. It probably started out 1 3/4", but is now worn a full 1/32" narrower. Neck is "standard, not chunky" at nut and tapers to chunky from 9-12th fret. Scalloped forward X bracing. -Joe