t-bone Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Well I got myself a brand new LP Standard, as seen here: http://forums.gibson.com/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=9861 Lovely player, lovely tone, lovely looks. But then I went and dropped the thing on the floor, head first! You can barely feel it with your fingertip. Not a big crack at all, and it looks shallow, except for the fact that it runs parallell on both sides. From the bottom of the fretboard (fretboard side of the nut) down to about halfway down the 2nd fret. There's no way you can get any glue in, there's no gap at all. Could this be cosmetic only, or does it look structural? And what would be the proper fix for this? I'll hand it over to an experienced tech, of course, but I can't get to him until Wednesday. What will be the most likely solution? There doesn't seem to be any loss of tone, feel or sustain. The neck doesn't look twisted, and it still has that slightly too much bow (hasn't changed since I got it yesterday). Sorry for nagging to you all about this, but I'm sure you can sympathize. One day I'm going "Woppie, new Lester!" the next it's more like "Oh sheet, is this a "gonner"?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Too bad, dude. Don't sweat it though, you could smash that neck with a hammer and somebody could make it look like new again. The only thing with neck damage is the guitar just lost around 1/3 of it's value...if you're not going to sell it, then who cares? How did you drop it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbursted Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Holy crap!!! Didn't you just get her this week? Thats a real bummer, how did it happen? Or did it come that way in shipping, and you just now noticed (hint, hint)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemoon Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Holy crap!!! Didn't you just get her this week? Thats a real bummer' date=' how did it happen? Or did it come that way in shipping, and you just now noticed (hint, hint)?[/quote'] good hint.:-k/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Martin Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Straplocks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Holy crap!!! Didn't you just get her this week? Thats a real bummer' date=' how did it happen? Or did it come that way in shipping, and you just now noticed (hint, hint)?[/quote'] No offense intended but I think it'd be easier to live with my own occasional bone-headedness than without my honor. ymmv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 You definitely want to get that fixed; it looks like more than a cosmetic issue. But, fear not! There are lots of good repair guys out there who can make it look like it never happened and make the neck strong than it was before the break. I see you're in Norway, but here's an example of what can be done (Rich Koerner of Time Electonics in Union, NJ, USA): http://timeelect.com/headstock.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Bummer, t-bone, but I'm with R9; it's not an unfixable problem for a good luthier and that axe will last your lifetime and then some. Assuming it doesn't get dropped again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobv Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Ouch. it's a beautiful guitar. Don't sweat it until you get to the luthier. From everything I've read a headstock crack is a common repair and I know for a fact once a repair is done the nitrocellulose lacquer finish can be restored so it's invisible. Not that you'd hide the fact when selling it, just that you won't be reminded of it (no matter, with a flametop like that you're never going to sell it anyway). In the meantime, I would back off the string tension (maybe even do it slowly). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Straplocks? My first guess would be... NO!!!! The FIRST thing I do when I ge t the guitar home... Schallers... Even on my beaters... why? ------------ I be smart like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 My first guess would be... NO!!!! The FIRST thing I do when I ge t the guitar home... Schallers... Even on my beaters... why? ------------ I be smart like that... QFT. I have strap locks on all of my guitars, even my MIM Strat that I paid $250 for. Their a cheap investment for security (barring any drunken accidents...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Alot of great famous players have broken necks on there guitars... And many would argue how much better it sounded once it was repaired.... You must be fu**in gutted friend! Flight959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Ouch.... Sorry, must have been a real bummer.... I freaked when I got a little nick on my Robot so I can imagine how you feel, specially with a new guitar.... Doesn't look that bad though... Put it away, don't mess with it until a good tech has a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-bone Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 Silly me put the guitar in a chair in the livingroom. My wife accidentally grazed it. The LP slid over the armrest and slammed into the floor, head first, and came to rest on it's face. I was in another room when it happened - it sounded like the hardest power-chord ever played on that guitar It's all my fault for keeping my gear in strange places. I also use straplocks on all my gear, the dunlop plastic kind that doesn't make rattling noises when played sitting down. But that doesn't help when the guitar isn't strapped on There's a dent in the headstock's front corner, but that's just cosmetical. I don't ever plan on selling it again, so I don't care about the resell value. It's brand new, but I got it at close to secondhand price after having returned a different LP. Funny story that, I originally bought a Standard Faded, but discovered a very bad "dead spot" on the 4th fret of the G string. I returned the guitar and tried out the other Fadeds in the store - and they all had that same dead spot to a varying degree. Changed strings - didn't help. All adjustments but for a fret polish - didn't help. Must have been a bad batch of wood or something. The tech and store owner were scratching their heads and finally decided to offer me this one for $150 in between. So the value of this guitar might have dropped, but I'd probably still break even if I sold it today. Anyway, the crack hasn't affected anything so I have no intention of selling it. It's one of a very few LP's that sort of "speak to me" if you know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Even my wife who can only normally muster up a "Yeah its a guitar" was really gutted to see this post.... She says she can feel your pain... Flight959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild_Rose Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 bummer indeed! well like the other guys said, you can get it fixed next time put a guitar that you wanna get rid off, at a strange place and then you can blame your wife, so she will buy you a new guitar LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Silly me put the guitar in a chair in the livingroom. My wife accidentally grazed it. The LP slid over the armrest and slammed into the floor' date=' head first, and came to rest on it's face. I was in another room when it happened - it sounded like the hardest power-chord ever played on that guitar [img']http://forum.gibson.com/public/style_emoticons/default/eusa_whistle.gif[/img] It's all my fault for keeping my gear in strange places. Dude... Blame your wife! If you do that, you can get out of cleaning the gutters and all sorts of other crap that you don't want to do for at least a week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbursted Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 No offense intended but I think it'd be easier to live with my own occasional bone-headedness than without my honor. ymmv Of course. I was not being serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Of course. I was not being serious. Thanks for the clarification. Takes awhile to get onto the different personalities and senses of humor. As I said, no offense intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Dude... Blame your wife! I say don't. Just be cool and tell her not to worry about it. Then 3 - 5 years from now when you break something' date=' bring it up. "Honey, remember the time you broke my Les Paul..." A friend of mine has a long driveway. One winter a few year ago, my car got stuck in his driveway and the wife and I had to walk up to his house. She jokingly still brings it up. [i']"You gonna make me walk again like that time you did in Dave's driveway?"[/i] Do the same... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I was just kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I'm not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-bone Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 Too bad she's the one who bought me the guitar in the first place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Damn.... Now she can say remember the time you were careless with the guitar I bought you??? No more expensive gifts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Paul Fanatic Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I think I'm gonna be sick........ :) :) :) :) :) :) :-& Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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