Smashed Side Repair

Got this old guitar with a totally smashed in side.
Here it is after I pulled out all the broken pieces and cut a nice clean “hole”:

Broken guitar before

I made some kerfing out of some mahogany and glued it in (The kerfing on the top
is the original salvaged from this guitar):

Broken guitar in progress

I found this piece of a side in my pile of miscellaneous broken guitar parts and it fit pretty close. I had to mess with it a bit to fit it better.

Here it is all glued up:

Glued up guitar

After de-clampping:

New side glued on guitar

Ater a little sanding, filling and finishing… Good as new:

Finished guitar repair

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