RFR Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Here is a link from another forum I am a member of documenting an extreme headstock break and its repair. I took step by step pictures and it came out sweet! http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/luthier-s-...ock-repair.html cheers, Roman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFR Posted May 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Nice job! Thank you Setch! I still haven't figured out the picture thing on this forum yet, but I have tons of pics. Roman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Did UPS pay for the repair ? Couldn't help notice the old Donnel glass surface fret-board sander on your bench. When I see one of those, I assume the owner has been working on guitars since at least the mid 90's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFR Posted May 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Did UPS pay for the repair ? Couldn't help notice the old Donnel glass surface fret-board sander on your bench. When I see one of those, I assume the owner has been working on guitars since at least the mid 90's. That is funny you saw that, good eye! Actually, I have been building and repairing instruments since the 70s.........................Gasp, that dates me huh? I think they did, but I am not 100 percent sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmth Builder Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 wow how old is that guitar? the fact that the head stock snapped off at the nut and snapped in half doesnt say a lot on deans part. Unless of course UPS were actually playing football with it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 ok, seen plenty of headstock repairs... but seeing the final pic on that one did make me let out an 'oh f***' obviously the back strap on the headstock is still visable... but where the hell has that graft gone good work!! - i really like the use of a 58 neck on the repair of the hamer - personally i would have sold that to a guy with a 58 incase his neck ever broke and he needed grafts... could probably convince him to part with a pretty sum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 I'm not quite so sold on the other repairs in the thread - I'm not a fan of the use of splines, which really don't make much mechanical sense. In the case of the Gibson V repair they're almost certainly detrimental to the strength of the joint, which was a text book example of a 'long break' which will be as strong as before with a good glue up, not to mention almost invisible. RFR's repair on the ther hand is a stunner - great finish touchup, and without a doubt far stronger than the original neck - A back strap is a far superior method in every respect. IMO splines are only ever appropriate on short breaks or re-breaks, and even then I think they are suspect - you get no clamping force in the direction you need when they're glued in, and the amount of gluing area they add is minimal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bygde Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 That was SICK! Looks like you bought a brand new guitar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryovanni Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 Very nice results! I bet the owner was happy as a clam Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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