May 2013 – Woodsong Strings

Cathy Curtis’ antique guitar needed a new bridge…

Cathy asked me to fix her Dad’s guitar – it had multiple seam separations, a mostly detached bridge, some top bubble, and all the braces were loose. Oh, there was a 4 inch crack behind the bridge to the tail. All fixed now. Will deliver tomorrow.

Kimball Coburn’s custom tenor guitar

F-3 “Mini” Mando

In the late 1890’s, Orville Gibson began building stringed instruments using designs borrowed from violin-makers. Up until then all mandolins and guitars were essentially flat-topped. Mandolins, especially, were still being built much like lutes and Ouds from the Middle East in the 1400’s, with round backs/sides made from staves glued together like a barrel. TheyContinue reading “F-3 “Mini” Mando”