Vicente Sanchís classic guitar

Planed fingerboard and new frets installed

Neck angle and string action corrected

 Rib cracks has been repaired and also inner 

  sycamore veneer reinforments added 

Original cypres back and heel cap.

New rosewood and bone bridge

New rosewood purfings has been installed at the back

Heel cap detail

Rose

REPAIR PROCESS

Damage inside the guitar

Cracks in the soundboard has been sealed 

Original label from Catarroja Valencia

Back plate armonic bars has been replaced 

Paper to repair the soundboard and veneer for the ribs

Back plate bars removed

adjustments in the neck angle for a better action

Armonic box ready to be closed

Back ready to be fit with armonic bars replaced

paper glued in the top crack

New reinforced bars where the original ones was broken

Assembling the body

Neck angle adjustment at this time

Smooth sounboard scraped

Bridge area has been cleaned and the old glue removed

The pegbox seemed to be mistreated

Replacing the frets

Head and fingerboard scraped

leveling the frets

Polishing them for a smooth finish

A square veener  added under the tail block

 468 as the serial number in red ink 

New rosewood bridge copying  the original one

Back edge ready for new purfins

Bottom detail

Scraping the whole box to apply the  shellac coat

Side view

Neck and pegbox sanded

When the new purfins are in place, the original placket was glued

Same as before

Ready for the shellac

Damaged varnish has been removed

cipress box and mahogany neck

Polishing in progress

To leave the neck for the last, allow me to hold the guitar to the workbench

I like to use a maple batten to hold it

Nice color tone 

Let it dry, sand and apply another coat