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Should I attempt to repair my guitar myself?

  • 16-01-2011 1:23am
    #1
    Irish Guitarist
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    I recently tripped up, fell and landed on one of my acoustic guitars which was propped up against the wall in a soft case. There's now a crack between the fingerboard and the neck on both the bass and treble side on the first few frets.

    It still plays alright but I'm afraid the damage might get worse. I'd get it repaired professionally except I live in Carlow and there's no one here that I can take it to. There's only one guitar shop here and they're useless when it comes to repairs. I don't know anyone else that knows anything about guitars. I also have no form of transport so I can't bring it to anyone outside of Carlow.

    Should I attempt to repair my guitar? I've never attempted anything like this before and I don't want to ruin my guitar, but I also don't want to leave it the way it is in case it gets worse. Is this something someone with no experience with repairing guitars should try?

    If I did attempt to repair it what tools would I need? It has a satin finish so I'd also be concerned about how to finish off the repair between the neck and fingerboard so as to leave the join as smooth as possible.


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  • #2
    Demeyes
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    I'd be inclined to bring it to someone who knows what they are doing. You could try the repair yourself but with little experience in the area you could mess it up.
    What the repair will likely entail is injecting some glue into the crack, and then clamping it while the glue dries. The neck would probably have to be refinished if the crack can be felt. That'd mean sanding it down a little and refinishing. If I were trying that, I'd just sand off the finish all along the neck and apply an oil finish like tung or tru oil because they are easier to apply with no tools at hand.


  • #3
    GaryW
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭GaryW


    Irish Guitarist wrote: »
    I recently tripped up, fell and landed on one of my acoustic guitars which was propped up against the wall in a soft case. There's now a crack between the fingerboard and the neck on both the bass and treble side on the first few frets.

    It still plays alright but I'm afraid the damage might get worse. I'd get it repaired professionally except I live in Carlow and there's no one here that I can take it to. There's only one guitar shop here and they're useless when it comes to repairs. I don't know anyone else that knows anything about guitars. I also have no form of transport so I can't bring it to anyone outside of Carlow.

    Should I attempt to repair my guitar? I've never attempted anything like this before and I don't want to ruin my guitar, but I also don't want to leave it the way it is in case it gets worse. Is this something someone with no experience with repairing guitars should try?

    If I did attempt to repair it what tools would I need? It has a satin finish so I'd also be concerned about how to finish off the repair between the neck and fingerboard so as to leave the join as smooth as possible.


    TBH I would bring it to a professional. Its not going to cost you much to get up to from Carlow to Dublin. I'm not affiliated to anyone but for my guitar work I use Gerry in Haze Guitars www.hazeguitars.com he has done the best setups on my guitars and I have used others around the city and was never satisfied. I left in a Martin Acousic a couple of weeks ago with Nitro laquer burn on the bottom of it from a crap guitar stand, he sanded it out and buffed it back to brand new condition (I mean brand new, zero trace of the burnt laquer)... his work is fantastic. Check him out...


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