Ouch!

demanufactured

The young fella im teachin ame round this evenin with his axe like this , must haved dropped it or something, anyways i told him id have a go at fixing it , i was wondering what peoples thoughts are.
I was thinking of using a strong wood glue , or impact adhesive , and puttin a G clamp on it for a few days and see what happens???

Karl Hungus

Nasty! But that's an all to common thing to happen with Gibson, I'm told.

A strong wood glue, or perhaps Epoxy would definetly do the job though, but I wouldn't make any best, as I've never repaired anything so extreme.

Owen

I did exactly the same thing in exactly the same place. My bro's a Luthier, and he glued it, but also drove two maple dowels perpendicularly through the weak part of the neck to strengthen it. Worked fine after that!

Voodu Child

http://www.ibanezrules.com/tech/setup/crack_neck.htm

Not identical, but similar, and worth a read before you do anything.

david

Pfft made in china

Johnny Storm

I'm no expert but it looks ideal for glue and clamp to me since it's fairly clean and there's no bits missing. I'd suggest slacken the strings immediately.

beerbaron

ned78 wrote:

I did exactly the same thing in exactly the same place. My bro's a Luthier, and he glued it, but also drove two maple dowels perpendicularly through the weak part of the neck to strengthen it. Worked fine after that!

I second this. Dropped my POS fender and split the neck in the same place.
Dowels, glue, G Clamp should sort it out.

Doctor J

I'd say glue would be enough. look at the crack, it cracked across the thicker part of the wood, which doesn't say much for the quality of the wood at all. looks like a POS anyway, just glue and clamp, the glue will be stronger than the wood anyway.