Broken Les Paul Silverburst Head Stock Repairable?

[Sinmastah]

If it was korean the pickgaurd screw would be smaller and closer to the edge.

[AngryHatter]

Originally Posted by Atomic

bondo?? was this guitar repaired before?

My thought, exactly.

[BigJza]

Originally Posted by niguy1

Ask the guy or gal who out bid you if it is korean or not lol.

shaddap

[niguy1]

Now im laughing at the idea that someone from this site out-bid the dude.

[jimmyq]

[Jojoman]

Originally Posted by Atomic

bondo?? was this guitar repaired before?

Looks to me like the glue that was used to secure the nut.

[-=[Shifty]=-]

Originally Posted by Jojoman

Looks to me like the glue that was used to secure the nut.

Under the fretboard...at the truss rod?
You sure must have a weird guitar if the nut is glued on there.

[qwank]

Originally Posted by AngryHatter

On the picture looking into the neck - what is the yellow foam looking material?

thats just the high quality wood Epiphone uses.

[dave]

Originally Posted by Jojoman

Looks to me like the glue that was used to secure the nut.

Neck snaps like a pencil, but the nut survives a nuclear blast due to the excess glue. ??

[Skit]

Originally Posted by BigJza

shaddap

+1


The wood at that break looks weird for sure.

[brianugly]

I'm sorry if this sounds frank niguy1, but Shifty and Sinmastah are probably the best people on the thread to decide where this guitar was made and if it is real or not.

Just so you can stop making a fool of yourself!

[MorePau1]

Originally Posted by niguy1

I don't think it's fake, it does look Korean cause the knobs don't look like top hats like on the chinese and japanese ones. Also, the white shapes on the fretborad are squares (tipicall of a korean lp) and it's a custom and a lot of customs were made in korea.Anyways, you'd need the serial number of the guitar to confirm this. Anyways, just because it's korean doesn't mean it's fake... Does look real to me just so you know.
lol

This is about the funniest thing I have ever read.

No worries though, I'm sure you gave every one who read this a good laugh.
Just for future reference, I corrected you.

1. they are called block inlays, and no, they are not exclusive to koreans, they are on customs, korean, chinese, whatever.

2. wether an lp has tophats, speed knobs, or reflectors, does not indicate that it is made in a specific area, but you can get a set of speed knobs for under $10.

3. customs were made in korea, japan, and china, but today, are being mass produced, in Qingdao.
No worries,

[lowatter]

I'm in the process of replacing a headstock on a Epi Custom. You have the advantage as it looks like the entire face of the head is intact. You could remove the face and rebuild the head like I did with a scarf joint and volute so that a break will never occur again. Here's some other progress pics...
Flickr: rtbkatcha's Photostream

[niguy1]

Ok, sad face

Chuck Norris does not get frostbite. Chuck Norris bites frost

[Jojoman]

Originally Posted by -=[Shifty]=-

Under the fretboard...at the truss rod?
You sure must have a weird guitar if the nut is glued on there.

Well obviously I didn't notice that area if I'm talking about the nut.

[lp_junkie]

Originally Posted by niguy1

I don't think it's fake, it does look Korean cause the knobs don't look like top hats like on the chinese and japanese ones. Also, the white shapes on the fretborad are squares (tipicall of a korean lp) and it's a custom and a lot of customs were made in korea.Anyways, you'd need the serial number of the guitar to confirm this. Anyways, just because it's korean doesn't mean it's fake... Does look real to me just so you know.
lol

WTF are you talking about? All customs inlays look like that, the knobs on customs are speed knobs. Most of us prefer the Korean made ones as the QC was a lot better than the current MIC versions.

The fakes mostly come from CHINA not Korea, another case of too much talking and not enough knowing.

[i am wet]

Originally Posted by niguy1

I don't think it's fake, it does look Korean cause the knobs don't look like top hats like on the chinese and japanese ones. Also, the white shapes on the fretborad are squares (tipicall of a korean lp) and it's a custom and a lot of customs were made in korea.Anyways, you'd need the serial number of the guitar to confirm this. Anyways, just because it's korean doesn't mean it's fake... Does look real to me just so you know.
lol

Soooo this makes my Korean fake since it has top hats and trapezoids. It has has some weird pickups that are shaped like soap bars, must be a fake

[MorePau1]

Originally Posted by i am wet

Soooo this makes my Korean fake since it has top hats and trapezoids. It has has some weird pickups that are shaped like soap bars, must be a fake

LOL, yep its a fake, korean guitars are supposed to have speed knobs, and block inlays, just like niguy, the epi expert, and number 1 contributor to factual information about epis said.

So what have we learned from him??? We have learned that every Korean epi that is not a custom is fake, and every chinese custom is a fake.

What about Japans, I can't wait to here some information from niguy about MIJs. Wait let me guess, all studios are fake, because the fake makers forgot to put pickup covers, binding, trapezoid inlays, and they painted them the wrong color.

[niguy1]

k, sorry guys, sad face

Chuck Norris destroyed the periodic table, because he only recognizes the element of surprise.

[Sirzach]

Originally Posted by Parabola

Supposedly, this guitar was broken on purpose. I'm not sure of all the details.

He/she wanted major slash tone.

[zontar]

Originally Posted by Parabola

Well, it turns out I got outbid.

The starting bid was $150.00 or Buy it Now for $175.00. I was stupid and bid $150.00 and now it's up to over $200.00! Once a bid is made, the Buy it Now option goes away. The cool thing about that auction was it came with a new Epiphone hard shell case and free shipping.

Now that I'm thinking about it, it would have been a pain in the ass anyway and too expensive to fix. I'll just buy a new one or something...

I'd say you're better off that way.
Paying over $200 plus shipping, plus repair?
you could get used Epi for less without needing a headstock repair.

[MorePau1]

Originally Posted by niguy1

k, sorry guys, sad face

Chuck Norris destroyed the periodic table, because he only recognizes the element of surprise.

No worries! You gave me a good laugh!

For future reference...

All customs have block inlays, and speed knobs, wether they are MIK, MIC, or MIJ. Customs have multi ply binding, and headstock binding.

Studios, have no binding, dot inlays, and no pickup covers.

Standards, have no headstock binding, but they do have neck, and body binding, top hat knobs, and covered pickups.

Thats about it.