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Proper Loothing: Raiders of the Lost Archtop

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Dan Erlewine ArticleRepair and Restoration

Jun 15, 2026

A Repair That Won’t Be Seen (Literally)

Splinting a crack in an old Epiphone archtop — with spruce borrowed from the guitar’s own fretboard extension, and a sliver of old piano soundboard.

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