crust Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Hope to have it totally repaired by mid March, pic's will follow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaSTuS Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Wow, what a lovely break, right across the nut rebate. Are you going to have it refinished too and how much are you being charged for the fix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crust Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Wow, what a lovely break, right across the nut rebate. Are you going to have it refinished too and how much are you being charged for the fix? I have to talk to the man, he knows it's on the way. I got this guitar for practically nothing. I think the repair, totally concealed will be about $150-$200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaSTuS Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I have to talk to the man, he knows it's on the way. I got this guitar for practically nothing. I think the repair, totally concealed will be about $150-$200. Seems a pretty reasonable cost, all going well, you'll end up with a great guitar at a good price, good luck with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianh Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 That's about the cleanest break you could hope for, and lots of area to glue, so should turn out well. The glue joint will be stronger than the wood, so unlikely to ever break again in that location I would guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crust Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 Seems a pretty reasonable cost, all going well, you'll end up with a great guitar at a good price, good luck with it. Thanks. It wont be repaired for a while. I have my old Japanese double cut archtop guitar there now having fret work done. I have to pay him for that before I start in on this. I sent him pics, he said it will look like new when completed. pics of old guitar Here is a link to the local luthier that is doing the work. His work is outstanding. http://www.guitardoctor.com/repairs_new.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaSTuS Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I've seen some weird pickup arrangements before, but that jap archtop really takes the cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 I've seen some weird pickup arrangements before, but that jap archtop really takes the cake. +1!!! That's insane. Kinda cool though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AS90 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 That's an easy fix, do it yourself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crust Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 That's an easy fix, do it yourself! I have done repairs myself on a couple of cracked headstocks, but they weren't totally broken off like this one. I'll let my local luthier, the "Guitar Doctor" (Doc) work on this one this time. I don't have all the clamps, glue and varnish needed to do the job properly, he does and I want it to look perfect, which I'm sure it will after he is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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