Another head job....

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Taffy Evans
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Another head job....

Post by Taffy Evans » Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:11 pm

Peghead that is….

This is the third broken neck job I have had to repair this week. Some guitarists must have partied hard over Christmas.
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Re: Another head job....

Post by 68matts » Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:18 pm

That one looks particularly nasty, seems to be some timber missing. Please keep us updated with this one, I'd like to see how you repair it.
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Re: Another head job....

Post by lauburu » Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:20 pm

Taking the concept of a break angle a bit too far, wouldn't you say?
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Re: Another head job....

Post by rocket » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:37 pm

Ouch!! a bit of structural repair work for that one Taff!!
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Re: Another head job....

Post by Tod Gilding » Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:43 pm

Sort of proves the fact that a glue joint is stronger than the wood.

I would say that one has been to a party and leant against a wall and a drunk fell on it
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Re: Another head job....

Post by simso » Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:10 pm

Your going to need splines in that one, similiar to this one, I grabbed the pic of one of my tutorial pages
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Re: Another head job....

Post by Taffy Evans » Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:58 am

I thought that there would not be enough gluing area for a strong enough joint even with the cleats, so I planned to go down the, splice the old peghead back on or a new peghead spliced onto the neck, path, I've done it both ways in the past.

A bit like this.....
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