Members Rothstaman Posted April 18, 2016 Members Share Posted April 18, 2016 So what do you all think? What is the worst case scenario cost? Sorry, only picture I got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted April 19, 2016 Members Share Posted April 19, 2016 Wow....major surgery. Personally if I'm looking at that as a professional luthier repair, I'm seriously considering just steaming the whole neck off and replacing it. I'd probably buy something like this for $40 including shipping (assuming it's the correct scale): http://www.ebay.com/itm/Acoustic-Folk-Guitar-Neck-Mahogany-And-Fretboard-Rosewood-For-41-Inch-/191687745148 My thinking is that the fretboard is probably going to HAVE to come off anyway. And then you're talking about a refret after messing with binding. Refinishing the neck...And after all that you are going to see the repair. Personally I'd just buy a whole new neck like the one pictured, rout out a channel for a truss rod and drop one in. Install the new fretboard...then refret, finish and add tuners. I'm thinking maybe $80 in materials and $220 labor to maybe $300. Or you could just go gonzo and break it open into 3 pieces as cleanly as possible (the fretboard, headstock and neck body) and then epoxy the whole mess as best you can back together. Once that hardens clean everything up with sanding. Plane and refret the board. then refinish.Cheap and dirty. Might look like hell but be playable. Some luthiers might not care to attempt this because it's not technically the correct way but it's a cheap option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Ouch... I am no expert, but I'd think that fingerboard is going to have to come off too, and as guitarcapo said, that means fret and binding work and not just a "simple" headstock reglue. Is it an expensive guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted April 21, 2016 Members Share Posted April 21, 2016 I've done many necks broken off at or above the truss nut but when the truss rod cavity is cracked like that you have major issues to deal with on that repair so it will hold. Unless this is a high end guitar like a Martin or Taylor that's worth a couple of grand you can maybe make out spending up to a grand to get it fixed. Higher end guitars usually use bone or hide glue so they can be steamed apart. You can look inside the body and see if there's semi white glue around the binding. If you see semi transparent yellow glue the instrument is likely epoxied together. Epoxy doesn't steam apart like the bone glue so the chances of getting someone to repair it properly is slim to zero. The neck has to come off, fret board removed, Fret board reused if its salvageable, possible re-fret, new binding and cosmetic refinishing to hide the cracks after its re- glued and the neck reinstalled. That's all labor intensive stuff and you need a pro to do it which doesn't come cheap. If this guitar is under $500 I'd say cut your losses and get a new guitar. Repaired necks don't always hold up in the long run even with the best work done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members panhandler Posted April 23, 2016 Members Share Posted April 23, 2016 Duct tape! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted April 24, 2016 Members Share Posted April 24, 2016 I would have to see it, take some measurements and poke around a bit but I have fixed a number of broken headstocks and in some cases they weren't all that expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted April 25, 2016 Members Share Posted April 25, 2016 Epoxy is the glue of choice because if fills gaps well and hardens well. The idea would be to separate everything out, get epoxy in everywhere possible and clamp it all together. Epoxy actually works better if the joints are not smooth and there's a little bit of gap filling going on...as opposed to hide glue...which likes everything smoother. But then you have that ugly scar there and it's a dicey deal at best. In short...there better be a prized name brand on the headstock to make that all worthwhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tony Burns Posted May 15, 2016 Members Share Posted May 15, 2016 To give you a well though out answer Id have to know the brand , model and the price -without any of that , my answer would be -pass , looks like a cheap guitar to begin with .Maybe I'm wrong , and it's a nice guitar and your getting it cheap - I see a major chrack under the fingerboardas well as major crack going two or three different ways -that instrument went threw Hell . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Etienne Rambert Posted May 19, 2016 Members Share Posted May 19, 2016 Sending in my 1988 Guild/Walker D60 to Guild authorized repair. Mine isn't 1/10th as bad as that ER patient. Unless he sees something I don't see. neck, bridge, saddle,braces all fine. needs new binding because of that alien spore mode from outer space and some scratches fixed. Might do a restore. But Mr. Binh reset the neck and refinished it a beautiful amber color.(by accident - a beautiful screw-up. Dunno if I want to go back to the old finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Voltan Posted May 28, 2016 Members Share Posted May 28, 2016 have to agree, not enough info to say one way or another... fellers, without details sometimes its kinda like asking" how much is a used car?" a rare axe or a first act would elicit entirely different responses... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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