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Michael Burton

Nine-year GAL member Michael Burton has been a guitarist since age thirteen, and got into guitar repairs about eleven years ago. He soon realized that playing the guitar was only part of the quest; learning what goes into a guitar’s construction and what makes it play well is the other half of the equation. He studied classical music and taught guitar at a music college in Newfoundland, Canada for a few years, then studied electronics engineering. He is always ready to talk your ear off about anything related to guitars, whether it is playing, music theory, or repair work.

▪ bio current as of 2022

Ironing Out a Warped Guitar Neck

2022
AL#147 p.52               
Michael Burton                                                                                           

▪ What do you do with a guitar that seems beyond repair? Repair it anyway. Why not? After decades of neglect and wildly improper storage, this sturdy Asian-built flattop had developed the mother of all neck warps. Burton ripped into it with clothes iron, heat blanket, router, and neck jig to replace the truss rod and fix earlier disastrous repair attempts. It turned out great.