As one of the country’s premier repair shop for stringed instruments, Elderly receives its fair share of jobs that include extensive, and sometimes unusual, repairs. In this video, Elderly’s Joe Konkoly shows a 1952 Gibson J-185 that came in with damage from improper use of a humidification system, and which also required a neck reset, bridge replacement, and other repairs.

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