sexybeast Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 A guy didn't want this, so I took it. It's a Palmer p-12. Is this fixable? Here's the guitar And again. Otherwise it appears to be in okay shape. I guess it's not a good idea to string it up and try it out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryovanni Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 A guy didn't want this, so I took it. It's a Palmer p-12. Is this fixable? Here's the guitar And again. Otherwise it appears to be in okay shape. I guess it's not a good idea to string it up and try it out? It looks like the neck was not holding. So someone tried to pull the end of the heel with a screw(that was not a good idea to weaken the heal that way).As that started to fail they shot a second screw through the end of the heal and finished shattering the heal. I suspect the fix would entail removing the neck, repair the heal, and re-set the neck properly. You could give this a shot if the guitar means little to you and you want to try to learn. To do the job right it will be a fair bit of work, and it is hard to say whether the job will turn out well(given you have never done a re-set). If the guitar has value to you... You could get a quote on a re-set,repair,refinish. I doubt it will be worth what you find it will cost. You may be able to try to cleanly trim the heel. Make and attach a new heel. Then attempt to re-secure the heel. It may hold, but I suspect the neck will not be 100% and may still not have a workable angle. It all depends on how much work you want to put into it. Peace,Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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