Illuminate The Inside
Here’s a cool tip that was sent to us by Frank Edgewater of Iowa, for when you need to work from the inside of an acoustic guitar.
First, grab a small hand mirror – small enough to fit through the soundhole – and chop off the handle, leaving a small 1″ nubbin on it. Glue a short wooden “arm” on the nubbin at a right angle to the mirror or even screw a bolt to it if you wanted to do that instead. This makes it easier to “retrieve” the mirror once you’ve finished working on the guitar.
Then just drop the mirror into the body and away you go. The light from your flexi-torch, LED or whatever will reflect off the mirror and illuminate the inside far better than just the light source itself. It’ll also show you – without having to maneuver too much – exactly what you need to see on the underside of the top so your repairs will get done easier and quicker.
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