SketchyEtchy Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Epiphone Les Paul's on ebay (uk) but a few have 3cm cracks across the neck, is this easy to repair. really cheap, also brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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deflepfan Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I did it. Step one: Get guitar with broken neck at a good price. Step two: Hold breathe and snap that sucker off. Step three: Spend days plotting the clamp job, then glue, clamp and wait. It looks worse than it is, but there was a slight slippage that I will address. The guitar would not set up properly prior to my doing this. Keep in mind, I've worked with wood, but had never done a quitar neck before. Go with the advise everyone gave me - Take it to a professional! But yes, a neck repair is doable. Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeper Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 White one yes, black one NO. Sheila has big balls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SketchyEtchy Posted January 13, 2010 Author Share Posted January 13, 2010 all the guitars are brand new, there all started at 1p. a few are brand new but probally will go for loads. but the broken ones are like £20-£30, + £19.99 p&p. ile go for the white one. Then if I win take it to a professional Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deflepfan Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 all the guitars are brand new' date=' there all started at 1p. a few are brand new but probally will go for loads. but the broken ones are like £20-£30, + £19.99 p&p. ile go for the white one. [b']Then if I win take it to a professional[/b] Smart move. Good luck. And Paruwi, there are no pics!! Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SketchyEtchy Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 What glue do i need to use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjael Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Step two: Hold breathe and snap that sucker off. Somehow I wouldn't recommend this step for either of the pictured guitars. Just the other day I repaired a broken neck on my Les Paul much like the white one there, but up under the 2nd fret. With regards to glue, I went to the engineering supplies shop up the road from work, asked for a recommendation and they gave me some kind of super-esque glue. Musikron is now going to recommend you a different kind of glue, and I would recommend his suggestion as he has a lot more experience than I do in the field, but it worked absolutely fine for me; the break is now rock-solid and has been for a few weeks now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SketchyEtchy Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 Anyone want the link to this seller, he/she has quite a few les pauls on the cheap (uk btw) a few are damaged and some are brand new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deflepfan Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 What glue do i need to use? NOOOO! You are taking it to a professional. Remember?! I used Titebond II. Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SketchyEtchy Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 Just curious. Roughly how much will it cost to repair? would you know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulleslie Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Just curious. Roughly how much will it cost to repair? would you know I'd like to know too. If the cost of the broken guitar + professional repair is a lot cheaper than a non-broken one, I might consider buying a few. Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SketchyEtchy Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 they all ended, they pretty much sky rocketed last minute some went for like £150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeper Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 The cost of a professional repair will likely make it cost MORE than a new one. Especially on an Epiphone. Now a vintage piece maybe you'll save a couple bucks. But rule of thumb is, if your guitar costs less than $1200, you are not going to save any money by havin a major repair done. I would charge nearly what those guitars cost new to do those repairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungrycat Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 The cost of a professional repair will likely make it cost MORE than a new one. Especially on an Epiphone. Now a vintage piece maybe you'll save a couple bucks. But rule of thumb is' date=' if your guitar costs less than $1200, you are not going to save any money by havin a major repair done. I would charge nearly what those guitars cost new to do those repairs.[/quote'] Then you charge too much. I took my LPC to a VERY VERY respected Nashville luthier and he's charging me $80. That seems pretty reasonable to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeper Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 NO way. Is he including finish work for $80? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeper Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 If it's $80 just to squirt some glue in there and clamp it, then thats another story and is not a proper repair. But fine for a cheapo Epi. But to fix that black one would require a ton of work to do it right. I charge what I'm worth. Sometimes less cause I'm a nice guy who likes to help folks out whenever I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungrycat Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 If it's $80 just to squirt some glue in there and clamp it' date=' then thats another story and is not a proper repair. But fine for a cheapo Epi. But to fix that black one would require a ton of work to do it right. I charge what I'm worth. Sometimes less cause I'm a nice guy who likes to help folks out whenever I can.[/quote'] The neck was stipped of finish and oiled, so no finish work required. (Not like I care what it looks like...) He's epoxy-ing the head back on, putting in 3 composite splines, adding the "points" on the headstock for the Gibson shape (that cost me $20 extra, but everything else was included in the price of the repair.) and rebinding the headstock. Of course the Nashville market is VERY VERY competitive so you gotta have a good price to get any work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeper Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 HA! No sir, not here. Thats 8 hours of work at least, if you're fast. Are you sleeping with your tech? I could never do all that for that price, I have bills to pay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungrycat Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Are you sleeping with your tech? NO!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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