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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | HA! I bet that got your attention (:
Question: How difficult is it to repair a clean break in a guitar neck? (No ... not mine) |
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Location: Flahdaw | Speaking of Brokeback Mountain, Weaser's working on a great rendition of Tim McGraw's "The Cowboy in Me" |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Bryan,
Google 'diy broken neck guitar repair' and you'll get a bunch of links, including a few vids. Sorry I don't know which would apply best to your scenario.
Bob,
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Location: Milford, MI | I broke the neck/headstock on my first Ovation in the early 80's. Just north of the nut. BIG break but clean.
I took the strings off and used Elmers Wood glue and clamped it for about 3 day's. I sold it, bought it back, and sold it again in a 10 year time frame and the repair was still holding strong.
I'm sure someone on here will have some better options for you but it worked for me. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I glued the headstock back onto that poor 1121 that Fed Ex broke... Then sold it.
I used Elmer's Wood Glue.
I also just glued my Beater 1612 with Tite-bond.
And it seems to be holding.
1121 Break...
1121 After glue...
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I think that is a question best answered by slx5c |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | Now that's talent....how the heck do you break a headstock like that on a guitar in a case?! Those Fed Ex boys are special!
Norse(that pic with the severed head is very disturbing to look at)man1 |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I believe that Miles (and others) have said that you can bust a headstock by slamming the box down flat!
You will not even dent the cardboard box.
Scary, huh.
BTW-- Fed Ex refused my claim on that one. So I refunded the buyer his money, then glued it back together and sold it for (let me look this up) $145. So basically I bought that guitar twice. Then sold it as a Beater.
So that pic upsets me too!
Click here to see the whole sordid episode.... In Photos! |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | The reason I was asking is because I came across a parlor guitar with a broken neck, which appears to be a clean break. I was wondering, if I were able to get it cheap enough, if it would be an easy fix? If so, I could loan it to a local kid who I would give free guitar lessons. |
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