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Permalink Reply by Brian Lemin on May 31, 2009 at 7:49pm

The issue of hide/gelatin glue is all about historical instruments and restoring. Possibly also if you have a very expensive acoustical guitar.

When I was in that area of interest, it was great to be able to take off a soundboard with a hot knife (basically) Similarly to take the bridge off the soundboard. [I made Early Music Instruments, lutes, psalteries etc.... just for fun and a bit of pocket money]

Restoration of instruments that use modern glues is very difficult and often moves into "destructive" which is not good at all.

With all due respect to the instruments we make, there is no way i would bother to do repairs that require loosening glue to any extent. Just make another CBG, break up the box and use the neck again. I do not think we need to be so precious as to use the traditional glues.

Most of the modern wood glues will do the trick. BTW the hide glues and gelatin glues are hard to work with and really do not work as well as modern woodwork glues.