My worst nightmare...

[Kezia]

Forgot to ask.. Where are you playing?

A friend of mine has a carport thingy at his house kinda out in the country, I'll send you a link to the event over facebook. I'm also doing lead vocals on a couple songs for the main band (Soulanum)

Also the page says its $6, but it's free.

 

[Kezia]

Photo's of the worst headstock repair in the history of mankind

Workbench = Mom's kitchen counter. YEEEEAAAHH.

Neck is straight and set and being glued, fretboard is currently being re-glued

 

[workerunit]

You have the metal clamp pads directly on the fingerboard??

Why??


If it were me, I would have used a wood shim between all of the clamp pads and neck/ fingerboard.

 

[River]

I'll trade your worst nightmares for mine. That ain't shit.

 

[Hairless_Ape]

You have the metal clamp pads directly on the fingerboard??

Why??


If it were me, I would have used a wood shim between all of the clamp pads and neck/ fingerboard.

THIS!!!

 

[Kezia]

I'll trade your worst nightmares for mine. That ain't shit.

Sounds good

Next weekend alright with you?

 

[Kezia]

I'll trade your worst nightmares for mine. That ain't shit.

Oh shit I missed that one

FIXED THE PROBLEM

 

[Phildog]

Looks good. I would have used leather or something to protect the fingerboard. Just be careful not to scratch it. Nice work Kezia!

 

[Pennyman]

Hmmm... Well, I sure hope it all works out for you. Being that this is your "#1" guitar, if it were me - with no prior experience - I would've ponied up the cash and paid a pro to do it right rather than take a chance.

If it were something less than a "#1", then by all means, go ahead and try to learn something.

But I guess this advice is coming just a bit too late.


Again, hope it all works out for you. Oh, and by the way - you have bigger stones than I do.

 

[FTW-14]

Yeah, it's that one. Might have to slap the EMG in another guitar for a few days til this one's back up.

I called Guitar Sinner to get a price quote for a repair...

$200?!

**** that, I'll see what I can do myself

The fretboard is lifted off too >.>

Well I hope you fix it . That guitar looked like a true road warrior . I wish my guitar will be next to share the spotlight *sighs . Anyway headstock breaks happens to alot of guitarists , but it always has a happy ending , right ?

 

[Toxicpizza72]

..Hmm,was just wondering, -Are you sure that the sleeping human beeing in the background of that photo`s got nothing to do with the broken neck?? LOL

Cool thread anyway

 

[Kezia]

..Hmm,was just wondering, -Are you sure that the sleeping human beeing in the background of that photo`s got nothing to do with the broken neck?? LOL

Cool thread anyway

Haha that's my brother/the drummer

 

[ext1jdh]

...frickin drummers...

 

[zontar]

Haha that's my brother/the drummer

Ah, drumming brothers, I know the type...

 

[JakeBluesRocker]

Again... no words in this post haha. Crappy video with my phone

Headstock Breakage... - YouTube

0:43 did you fix it yet?

 

[harpman54]

I saw the video on YouTube. Sorry for your luck. It looks like a genuine glue failure at the scarf joint and the fretboard as if the glue was very minimally applied. The break is clean and because of that, I might be inclined to attempt the repair myself. Someone posted pretty good methods to fix this here on the forum, I think all you need to do is add the fix to the fretboard as well. Good luck with this.

bill

 

[Kezia]

I ended up losing the nut. Great.

Also I noticed there's a slight (VEEERRY Slight) updward arch starting at the 3rd fret...

...shit

 

[Phildog]

I ended up losing the nut. Great.

Also I noticed there's a slight (VEEERRY Slight) updward arch starting at the 3rd fret...

...shit

Is it a warp in the fretboard? Can you clamp it a little tighter? If it creates buzz, a truss rod adjustment may be in order.

Oh, and a nut can be had for cheap. It'll be a good upgrade anyway.

The cup is half full...not half empty my friend!

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Good luck with it, Keez. Phil's instructions are good.

 

[Phildog]

Good luck with it, Keez. Phil's instructions are good.

Thanks "Thump"! How are ya buddy?