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Guitar neck issue

  • 04-04-2013 3:17am
    #1
    a_booboona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 227 ✭✭


    Hi. I uploaded some photos of the neck of guitar

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/94653691@N04/8617294333/in/photostream/lightbox/

    I have no experience with electric guitars

    I was just wondering if someone could tell me how much would it cost to fix it?

    Or it is only shallow mark in the laminate on the neck of guitar, doesn't affect the sound and guitar maybe works perfectly so maybe no need to fix what isn't broken?


    I have a bad feeling about this and would really appreciate your opinion

    Thank you in advance!


Comments

  • #2
    martinedwards
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭martinedwards


    me personally?

    about 8c in glue.

    if you have access to a couple of decent clamps and a bottle of bog standard white PVA wood glue, do it yourself.

    strings off.

    work the glue into the crack with your finger.

    clamp.

    wipe off any glue that squishes out with a damp cloth.

    leave 24 hours.

    remove clamps & forget it ever happened.

    good idea to use cauls to protect the neck.

    a flat piece of wood or MDF on the fretboard, the back is trickier.... maybe a few layers of cloth like an old teatowel between the wood and the clamp......


  • #3
    cezet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 ✭cezet


    Absolutely right !
    I fixed my Richwood neck after falling down from lorry in the same way.
    Crack was almost the same like yours.
    I used good quality wood glue and a few wooden pegs ( from old desk ).
    And I forgot about damage... :)


  • #4
    a_booboona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 227 ✭✭a_booboona


    Thank you for suggestions

    I've found some videos on youtube for broken guitar neck repair.. very impressed. Don't have any clamps and wooden glue and sand paper need to invest some money even if I want to do it myself so I've decided to bring it to professional guitar repair and see if it's not too expensive.. Also I am not sure what actually happened to this guitar, the seller says that guitar wasn't broken it is "only shallow mark in the laminate" but I don't think it is truth as you can see cracks on the both sides of the neck.



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