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bvince
Posted 2010-04-18 2:12 PM (#374191)
Subject: Broke Neck Mountain



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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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Darkbar
Posted 2010-04-18 2:30 PM (#374192 - in reply to #374191)
Subject: Re: Broke Neck Mountain



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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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cholloway
Posted 2010-04-18 2:37 PM (#374193 - in reply to #374191)
Subject: Re: Broke Neck Mountain


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Location: Atlanta, GA.		ewwwwww!
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2ifbyC
Posted 2010-04-18 3:06 PM (#374194 - in reply to #374191)
Subject: Re: Broke Neck Mountain
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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,
That's soooo wrong, 'dude'!
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tremor
Posted 2010-04-18 3:15 PM (#374195 - in reply to #374191)
Subject: Re: Broke Neck Mountain


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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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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2010-04-18 8:02 PM (#374196 - in reply to #374191)
Subject: Re: Broke Neck Mountain



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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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stephent28
Posted 2010-04-18 9:52 PM (#374197 - in reply to #374191)
Subject: Re: Broke Neck Mountain



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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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Norseman1
Posted 2010-04-19 4:14 PM (#374198 - in reply to #374191)
Subject: Re: Broke Neck Mountain


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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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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2010-04-19 4:24 PM (#374199 - in reply to #374191)
Subject: Re: Broke Neck Mountain



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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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bvince
Posted 2010-04-19 7:05 PM (#374200 - in reply to #374191)
Subject: Re: Broke Neck Mountain



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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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