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Originally Posted by myinstrument
these things are so prone to neck and headstock breaks that most luthiers I've chatted with view this repair as second nature. she'll be better then new when repaired.
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That's right, better than new because the repair is typically much stronger than the original. I'm no luthier but I've seen these type of repairs fixed in a few hours or less and don't recall any re break or otherwise be a problem.
My old 69 SG has a repair similar to yours but not as bad, it was professionally repaired 20-25+ years ago and it's plenty strong and at certain angles you can't even see the repair and that's on a stained body, if it's black you couldn't see it, feel it or tell any difference in tone or playability!
The repaired neck has fared better than the fretboard, it's got some wear grooves in the fretboard from 40 years of playing.