DevilsAdvocate Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 So i brought a cheap guitar off eBay that as described as "small crack at base of neck" ... turns out theat guy knew nothing about guitars, and the "small crack" was actually the neck being snapped off from the body. I'd done the deed and removed the neck completly from the body, and made the mistake of reattaching the neck without measuring anything. This has meant time spent a week later removing the fretboard and then the neck again, but this time dealing with dried glue. What I've found is that it appears as though the strings aren't aligned correctly. I've uploaded some pictures to demonstrated (i've used a cotton line on both the high and low E strings to demonstrate). What I'm wanting to know is what you guys would recommend to fix this? Do I make a new neck and attach that? I'm not wanting to junk this as it's turning out to be a good learning process. Below are some pictures of the offending instrument. Image1 Image2 Image3 Image4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chops1983 Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Was the neck a snug fit into the neck route? Is the neck even straight since the repair? It looks to me that the neck may have been a sloppy fit and when you have glued it back in it wasn't alligned. In other words if you were looking down the fretboard from the body to the headstock it runs off to the right. Suggested fix im not sure because i cant really tell whats going on. Better pics showing the whole guitar and down the fretboard etc may help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenspoke Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 From the minimal information you have provided we can only guess. Dry fit the neck you may need to add some wood on one side or thr other and remove some wood from the opposite side untill the string comes back in line. Then paint it. You may be able to do this with shims as well. But again without guitar in hand who really knows.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilsAdvocate Posted May 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Thanks for the input guys. I've cleaned up the joins and re-fit the neck, however if I have everything sitting flush the neck is still offline. I've noticed I have enough play to move the neck and get everything straight, but this leaves a 2mm gap on one side of the neck/body join. Would I better off glueing in a shim there, or sand down the other side of the neck until both sides are flush? Again, thanks for all the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic Dave Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Use a shim then re finish the guitar to blend it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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