Restoring a 1908 Martin O-17
III. Removing the peghead veneer
There was a photo of the peghead earlier in this series - but now
we are about to take off the peghead veneer and so I thought it would
be instructive to see it again. It always amazes me to find rinestones
set into a fine guitar - but, sadly, it is far more common than you might
imagine. There seems to have been an era when this was the thing
to do. If there had been a C. C. Martin Decal on this
peghead, we very likely would not take off the veneer.
We take the veneer off by gently heating it with a silicone rubber heating
pad ( purchased from LMI) and using a thin spatula when the glue is sufficiently
softened.
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