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MervsMods
Bronze Member
USA
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 Posted - 02/19/2010 : 04:07:13
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HELP!!! It's been a rough day, so I came home, fired up the guitar rig to relieve some "work stress"! Everything is going fine, feeling pretty good, then the phone rings. Put guitar down to answer, and on the way I hear a BANG, and there's my baby with the headstock sitting at a very funny angle..... 
Cracked the neck on my 25 year old Samick guitar. (I bought this baby IN KOREA, and brought it home with me)
Any good ideas on how to repair the neck? It split right where they attached the headstock to the neck.
 <-- is exactly how I feel right now.... |
Edited by - MervsMods on 02/19/2010 04:07:45 |
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aaronharmon
Silver Member
USA
271 Posts |
Posted - 02/19/2010 : 05:28:59
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| Post a picture. My grandpa buys broken guitars and fixes them as a hobby. He says as long as the break isn't straight, it can be fixed. |
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MervsMods
Bronze Member
USA
133 Posts |
Posted - 02/19/2010 : 06:55:18
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Here you go Aaron....
Please tell me it can be fixed... I really LOVE this guitar! |
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kulten
Gold Member
France
516 Posts |
Posted - 02/19/2010 : 09:38:18
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yes it could be, go and get a Stringed-instrument maker, he will fix it.
a friend of mine broke a 60's Gibson SG the same way and now it's OK. |
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Brutalitarian Supremacy
Silver Member
USA
270 Posts |
Posted - 02/19/2010 : 10:53:34
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| yup it can be fixed...believe it or not the guitar will be stronger and more stable after breakage/repair...i've had many techs tell me if it's done right it'll withstand alot more abuse than before repair...I have a buddy who broke the headstock off of his Les Paul so often (he did his own repairs)that after gigging w/ it a few yrs, starting at the nut, it was epoxy all the way up to the first machine heads...and it's being fixed at the moment. |
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DasBeef
Gold Member
United Kingdom
704 Posts |
Posted - 02/19/2010 : 11:03:44
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| Hey! Can't help you with the repair, but sorry to hear of your misfortune. I 'hope she gets well soon'. |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 02/19/2010 : 11:25:56
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It�s quite easy to repair, with white glue, the hard thing is refinishing the neck.
What I would do, as it�s not a valuable vintage instrument, was to get glue on as much of the crack as possible and use a screw clamp to hold it when drying. Test without glue first!!!!
After drying I would remove see how bad the crack looks, estetical, fill the crack (on the surface of the neck) with super glue och polish with sandpaper, fill more super glue if needed etc. Last I would polish.
This is easy and nearly anybody can do it.
An alternative is to remove all paint on the neck and oil and wax it, feels very good.
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zerksies
Double Platinum Member
USA
3406 Posts |
Posted - 02/19/2010 : 13:12:25
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| it can be fixed where are you located |
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MervsMods
Bronze Member
USA
133 Posts |
Posted - 02/19/2010 : 14:14:35
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Thanks for all the info and the good news! Hopefully I'll get it done this weekend...
I'm not really worried about the finish. She's more of a sentimental instrument than anything else. This guitar has been through a lot of gigs, traveled the world with me, etc... She sounds great, and plays beautifully!
I'm in Spokane, WA Zerksies. |
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
4854 Posts |
Posted - 02/19/2010 : 14:29:26
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I've never fixed a neck, but I've done a LOT of woodwork.
I'd suggest buying a syringe (with needle) from the drug store to allow you to inject the glue right inside. Then use clamps with soft-wood packing - screwed down really tight and left for at least a week.
Oh yeah... I think no one mentioned it, but I think you will need to take off the strings and relaease the truss rod (I would if it was my repair). Someone who has experience with necks can give you the definitive answer to this.
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Dirk
Platinum Member
Netherlands
1309 Posts |
Posted - 02/19/2010 : 16:31:02
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Damn, that sucks big time Mervs. 
Hope you can get it fixed. |
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RONanFEZ
Bronze Member
USA
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verivorax
Platinum Member
Canada
1185 Posts |
Posted - 02/19/2010 : 17:37:48
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I suggest watering down the glue a bit (carpenter's glue/titebond is better than white) so it flows into the crack better. Pad any clamp so you don't damage the back of the neck as well..
if you can avoid opening the crack at all until you're ready to glue, that'll help.. good luck!!! |
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
3543 Posts |
Posted - 02/19/2010 : 19:37:29
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I repaired a crack on my mandolin at the heel of the neck where it meets the body by doing what a lot of the guys suggested..loosen the strings and poured glue in..i didn't have any PVA woodglue so i just used superglue... ..i leaned the mandolin in reverse at an acute angle with a heavy weight on the back of the body to force the crack closed....thaat was a good few months back..so far so good...
Edit-....i didn't notice it was a samick until Mansun mentioned it...funny enough so is my mandolin......not bad for 'budget' instruments... |
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Mansun
Gold Member
Spain
564 Posts |
Posted - 02/20/2010 : 03:41:12
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| I think I own a Samick just like yours... It's the baby where I 'create'. Hope it gets better soon, it's a nice little baby. |
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Disco Stu
Silver Member
USA
303 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2010 : 01:08:34
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Sorry for your loss, Merv. Although many glues will work, you really want to use "Hot hide Glue" rather than anything else.
You'll need a glue pot (or crock pot and thermometer) and you'll need to dissolve the dry product in the hot water at the correct temperature before application. Check LMI and Stew-Mac for more detailed information.
Of course you want to dry fit the joint before applying any glue, as the stuff sets up fast. Check your clamps and jigs prior to make sure everything fits just perfect.
I had an Ibanez Acoustic from the early eighties that got squished by a large piece of falling iron, and the crack was through the neck and headstock -- homemade attempts with yellow glue eventually failed.
The Ibanez rep in Montreal set it straight with horse glue and even replaced the peghead veneer with some birdseye Maple.
Thirty years later that thing still lives.
Best of luck and by the way that noise gate works very well. |
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AGONY!!!! Broke my guitar!!!! AAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!
