1959 Gibson LG-2

1959 Gibson LG-2

1959 Gibson LG-2 body before repair. Missing bridge, and many unseen loose braces.

1959 Gibson LG-2 headstock before repair

1959 Gibson LG-2 headstock before repair. Note the machine head buttons are crumbling.

1959 Gibson LG-2 original bridge

1959 Gibson LG-2 original bridge.

1959 Gibson LG-2 loose and missing braces

Inside of the 1959 Gibson LG-2 guitar showing a missing back brace and loose centre strip on back.

Inside view of re-gluing a top brace on 1959 Gibson LG-2

Inside view of re-gluing a top brace on 1959 Gibson LG-2.

Gluing a back brace on Gibson LG-2

Gluing on a back brace.

Re-gluing the centre strip on Gibson LG-2

Re-gluing the centre strip of the Gibson LG-2.

Resetting the neck and gluing the centre strip on 1959 Gibson LG-2

Resetting the neck and gluing the centre strip on the Gibson LG-2.

New bridge installed on Gibson LG-2

New handmade bridge installed on this 1959 Gibson LG-2 with a new intonated bone saddle.

1959 Gibson LG-2 set up and ready to play

Set up and ready to play. It is solid again with neck reset, new tuning buttons, new bridge, new bone saddle, new bone nut, new frets, and low action.