THIS HOW A 1849S MARTIN GUITAR  LOOKED WHEN IT CAME TO US , FROM BOB RIGAUD OF RG MUSIC, THANKS BOB WE APPRECIATE THE BUSINESS.WE HAD TO TOTALLY DISASSEMLE THIS ONE TO EVEN GET STARTED ,IT HAD SOME MAJOR SIDE CRACKS AND A FEW CRACKS IN THE TOP AND THE BUT WAS COMPLETELY MISSING THE PERFLING AND BINDING

HERES CHRIS WOKING ON FIXING THAT PERFLING,THIS IS SOME TIDIOUS WORK HERE EVERY PIECE HAS TO BE TO MADE BY HAND TO LOOK AS CLOSE TO ORIGINAL AS POSSIBLE

THIS FELLA WAS IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE!!!

 LETS SEE WHAT WE CAN DO FOR IT AND GET THAT SIDE CRACK TAKEN CARE OF!!! GET IT BACK IN SHAPE FIRST WE STABILIZE IT GLUE IT  THEN CLAMP IT  

BELOW RAY'S WORKING ON GETTING THE NECK ALLIGNED   PROPERLY