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| Hey all, my first real guitar was an ovation celebrity deluxe until the neck joint popped loose.
It slid down my entertainment center and hit the ground causing it to pop off the body about a quarter of an inch, but the fret board extension is still secured.
Anyways I was wondering if it would be possible to throw some epoxy in the crack and clamp it back together.
Also the block of wood surrounding the truss adjustment isn't secured to the body of the guitar, I see it move when I move the neck, is this normal? (lol not the moving of the neck but the block not being secure.)
Well if it is at all possible to repair with epoxy, what kind would you suggest?
Also would it be better to completely remove the neck and re-seat it?
Anyways I'm pretty good with woodworking so if it is all possible I would like to give it a shot, repairs would cost too much for me, so I really have nothing to lose at this point.
So please let me know what ya think and if you have had any experience with this. Thanks |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Pics always work here :)
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| Cool, I will throw some pics up later on today. |
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| Here is a bad pic of it just to show you whats going on, but later on today I will have access to a better camera and will upload a couple clear ones.
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Is it a bolt-on neck or glued? |
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| As far as I can tell its just glued. I'm 99% it is, when I look inside with a flashlight I can see no damage or anything stripped. It is a CS 257 if that helps. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Would probably be best if you take it the rest of the way off, clean it and reglue it. May be a job for a pro, but the cost might be more than the value of the guitar. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | That happened to a friend of mine, and he just glued it together with gobs of gorrilla glue. It looked like cr@p, but it worked. The guitar was demoted to a beater, but it in the long run got more use as he no longer worried about hurting it on gigs. |
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| How did your friend clamp the neck joint together? I'm looking at doing a similar procedure. Thanks! |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Somewhere there is a thread post by Eliot Meldoy about how he fixed a CS257 for Iraq.
I had one of them, Just Like That! After I sold it as a Project, Eliot told me how to fix it.
It is a glue in...
Let me look for the thread. |
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Location: big island | my neck joint popped loose too. so far, i've been unable to find a chiropractor able to fix it. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | OK, I found it! Click here! And it has Pictures! Hope this Helps :D :p |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I believe he used rubber bands as clamps. |
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Location: Eaton, Indiana | I have had several of these in my repair shop. I have had good luck with regluing. Make sure you retain the neck set angle when you do. You can end up with serious action problems if you don't. (Experience from early days of repair) You could bring it by if you are close. I could fix it for you. Where are you located? I am in Indiana.
Scott Lamperd B C (before compurters)
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Neck joint popped loose.
