My neighbor picked up an older Giannini Craviola steel string flattop for cheap and brought it to me to fix up and make playable. It appears to have suffered from some "hot car syndrome" -- the bridge is substantially lifting, the pickguard is lifting a bit, there's some belly, and the fretboard is heavily pitted. I'm a little worried about neck angle, but it'll be better with the bridge in the proper position.
My REAL question is, the glue visible under both the bridge and pickguard seems to have a reddish/pink tint. Any ideas what this might be?
At any rate, I plan to remove it all and use double-stick tape for the guard + hide glue for bridge. It's a nice bridge, and the back/sides are highly figured (laminate).
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