Resetting a 1969 Martin D-28 neck

This was an instrument that came into the Acoustic Corner.  It was in great shape for its age, the only big issue was that the neck was pulling away from the body.  That is really not typical for an old Martin.  Sure enough...once the neck was steamed out (which really didn't take much steam!) it was obvious the instrument had been repaired before...poorly.  Both parts of the joint had been left ill-fitting, and lots of small shims were used to paste it back together.

After truing up the head block, I've added full-length shims of mahogany to rebuild the joint. 

After hours of refitting the joint, and a glue up, one of the last Brazilian rosewood guitars Martin made is back in action.