Members ratson page 3 Posted February 6, 2019 Members Share Posted February 6, 2019 Good day mates !!!, Today for my neighborhood, I found this jem7VB from 2002 to 600 dollars !!, the only detail I found, says the seller who fell and broke the headstock, but without getting rid of, so it was arranged by a luthier, everything is original without any modification, the only problem is how I mention the broken headstock. I leave photos aver if I do not {censored} and throw my savings for this jem or I do with the opportunity of my life jaj. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danocoustic Posted February 6, 2019 Members Share Posted February 6, 2019 wut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members catscurlyear Posted February 6, 2019 Members Share Posted February 6, 2019 the broke headstock looks like a little sad face with a cone hat , aww! bless, i want one.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ratson page 3 Posted February 6, 2019 Author Members Share Posted February 6, 2019 So, how do you see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted February 6, 2019 Members Share Posted February 6, 2019 Don't buy it. It broke at the weakest part of the neck, bad enough that wood had to ne removed and replaced. If you look close at the right screw hole, it looks like another crack is starting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ratson page 3 Posted February 6, 2019 Author Members Share Posted February 6, 2019 Can the crack be fixed and maintained so that it does not open?by the way and if it broke again I think it would be nice to change the blade and stick a new one to the neck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted February 6, 2019 Members Share Posted February 6, 2019 No it can't effectively be fixed and maintained, until it breaks all the way again. And then, it's a crap shoot whether or not it's going to break cleanly and is fixable. Given the amount of invasive repairs that were already done, odds of a clean break are pretty small IMO. Look at it this way. Someone went through the trouble and expense to fix a broken head stock only to sell it. I can't help but think they are looking to unload a problem onto somebody else. Also, look at the thing. It has body damage on the bottom, as if it was thrown around and set down with out too much care. That thing has been used and abused. Keep looking. It's not worth the risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted February 7, 2019 Members Share Posted February 7, 2019 I'm not sure exactly what I am seeing in the first picture. It looks like someone has done a weird spline (which can be a good thing) but I don't understand exactly where the break is, how it was fixed or whether it is structurally sound or not. The two allen bolts are for the locking nut - I have always felt that weakened an already weak area. I can't tell anything else about the guitar - geometry, other structural issues, etc. I'll add two things - a correctly repaired head break can be as strong as the parent wood and can last a life time. An incorrectly repaired head break will just fail again and be harder to fix. Oh, and a third thing, I fix guitars and almost always charge more, often much more, to unfix and refix a botched repair like this might be. Without seeing it I can't give any more advice. If you can get it cheap enough (and in my humble 600 isn't cheap enough) and the head does fail in the future you can get a new neck from Ibanez (they are available) and replace it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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