Entries by Jeff Mallia
1988 Hermanos Conde Flamenco Guitar Top Replacement
This is a restoration of a 1988 Conde Flamenco Guitar with a badly repaired top from my repair archive completed in 2014. Initially brought in to check out top crack repairs and delaminating golpe, it was soon evident that the top had been aggressively sanded to 0.6mm thick in some areas, and backed up with very […]
1930’s German Mandolin Top Replacement
This is a restoration of an old 1930-40’s East German ‘Trade’ Mandolin from my repair archive completed in 2003. Of sentimental value to the owner this instrument presented in a very bad state of repair. This was a “trade” instrument, something that would be made in a factory for music or department store sale as […]
Martin OMC-28 Lawrence Juber Brazilian Side Damage Repair
This is a repair from my archive completed in 2012 One of a limited run of the popular Martin Lawrence Juber OM which was made using Brazilian Rosewood for the back and sides. Unfortunately as can be seen it sustained a severe impact on the bass lower side which shattered the side. A repair like […]
Les Paul Custom
This 80’s Les Paul had a hard life. It’s white finish has worn to a really appealing aged look. Unfortunately along the way someone has added an extra coil tap switch, strap hole and done some less than neat repair work to the head binding. The new owner wanted to get this back to a respectable […]
Taylor 514E Top Replacement
This Taylor suffered a terrible fate when someone fell onto it. It was sentimental to the owner and therefore worth it to him to repair so a new top was in order. To keep it as original as possible and also more cost effective, a replacement top was ordered from the factory. Taylor guitars are […]
1924 Martin 000-18 Pyramid Bridge
Here is a small segment of a restoration from my archive that was completed in 2006. I thought it would be an interesting little segment of this repair to show the building of a replica/replacement bridge for the badly damaged original. The original bridge had holes on each end right through the pyramid peaks, as […]
1936 Martin 2-32 Mandolin Finish Repair
This finish repair is from my repair archive, completed in 2007 This beautiful mandolin was in really great shape for its age, however a pretty ugly finish repair on it’s nicely flamed back was holding it back from being a perfect example of CF Martin and Co’s finest mandolins. I remember listening to an exact […]
1938 Martin 0-17 Restoration
Here is a golden era martin 00-17 minor restoration from my repair archive completed in 2012. This guitar was presented in a very roughly over coated state. It had been lovingly hand varnished by brush to give it a face lift some time in the last 50 years. The “artist” who carried out this work […]