I'll be getting a free Epi les paul

[Cederick]

...with a broken headstock. Now this is a cool opportunity to try some fun stuff without caring about money... Like, I wanna try install either an Evertune or Floyd Rose on it... If I screw it up, then I can just use the bridges for another guitar.

Anyway, two questions! Wood or hide glue?
Can I remove the neck somehow? Like, heat gun or something. Or maybe I have to rout out the part where the neck is attached? I could probably put on a bolt on neck or something.

Also, any ideas how to go about routing on a carved top guitar? (all these questions are what I like strats and the like because they are flat and easy to mod with new necks and everything  :laughing7: )

 

[Cederick]

Oh, please ignore that part of the heat gun... The finish would probably go away faster than the glue... I'm just stupid  :toothy11: sometimes

 

[mayfly]

wow - that looks like fun!  I'd use TiteBond II and dowel it from the back for good measure.  I'd keep the neck on - I'd bet it won't come out without routing it out.

 

[Cederick]

Yeah I guess I will keep the neck if I get the headstock on, but I have no idea how the shape of the neck is in.
If it's twisted warped or anything, I guess there's nothing to do but trying to get it out.

This is what I have available in Sweden in terms of Titebond, but it's not called "Titebond II" but I guess it should do the trick?
http://gitarrdelar.se/product_info.php?products_id=4367

 

[bagman67]

If you're feeling particularly spry, you might also try using some carbon fiber fabric like so:


http://brawerguitarrepair.blogspot.com/2009/07/making-thin-weak-bass-neck-practically.html

 

[bagman67]

...or the more conventional approach:


http://brawerguitarrepair.blogspot.com/2009/06/laminate-lies-down-on-tims-bench.html

 

[Cederick]

...or the more conventional approach:


http://brawerguitarrepair.blogspot.com/2009/06/laminate-lies-down-on-tims-bench.html

Hahaha... Dude I'm not a professional luthier. I'm just a random guy who likes to play around with guitar parts...

Check out my own kinda of epoxy Floyd nut shelf  :toothy12:

(just gotta show off the guitar as well... Pure 80s cheap ass super strat poplar greatness  :icon_biggrin: oh I wish I never sold this one!)

 

[dmraco]

You can fix that.  Even easier because it does not look like it involves the truss rod.  I would use titbond.  Just easier.  The suggestion to dowl it is a good one. 

Search the mylespaul forums.  There are lots of good threads on headstock repairs.  The hardest part is getting the finish to match and sanding thru the finish.  That is some hard stuff.

 

[bagman67]

Search the mylespaul forums.  There are lots of good threads on headstock repairs. 

Bwahahahaha!












...Sorry.








No I'm not.

 

[Cederick]

You can fix that.  Even easier because it does not look like it involves the truss rod.  I would use titbond.  Just easier.  The suggestion to dowl it is a good one. 

Search the mylespaul forums.  There are lots of good threads on headstock repairs.  The hardest part is getting the finish to match and sanding thru the finish.  That is some hard stuff.

Eh, I don't care if the finish is cracked, really. I just want it to play decently, really.  I actually like a bit of real dents and marks. And broken headstocks... Wonder if anybody who makes "reliced" Les Pauls breaks the headstock in advance to make them really authentic?  :toothy12:

 

[mayfly]

Yeah I guess I will keep the neck if I get the headstock on, but I have no idea how the shape of the neck is in.
If it's twisted warped or anything, I guess there's nothing to do but trying to get it out.

This is what I have available in Sweden in terms of Titebond, but it's not called "Titebond II" but I guess it should do the trick?
http://gitarrdelar.se/product_info.php?products_id=4367

Yea that's the stuff.  You should be able to get it from a hardware store as well.

<edit>  My mistake - that's the 'first' titebond.  That should work just fine as well (I believe that the only thing that titebond II gives you is a joint that's also stable in water.  or something).

Regarding relec'd Les Paul with an intentionally broken headstock - I bet there is some nutter out there who did just that!! 

 

[Cederick]

Ah, okay! Well, I guess I wont go swimming with the guitar so I guess I don't have to worry about the glue. That's what I have strats with swimmingpool rout for...  :doh: :toothy12:

 

[SustainerPlayer]

My first thought:

 

[Cederick]

I don't expect the guitar to become better than my Warmoths but at least I'll have some fun doing whatever I can come up with  :toothy12:

 

[dmraco]

Search the mylespaul forums.  There are lots of good threads on headstock repairs. 

After I re-read this.....I guess it did come off like a joke.  But I am serious.  Lots of different kind s of breaks and repairs.  Good resource. 






Bwahahahaha!












...Sorry.








No I'm not.

 

[Jumble Jumble]

Wood glue is pretty much a solved problem, and all of them will give you a "stronger than the wood itself" joint if clamped properly. The dowel will help with that - you want as much surface area of glued wood as you can get.

 

[SustainerPlayer]

Here are some shots from a Hamer Californian I glued using Titebond after a headstock injury:

Then I sanded the old finish off and gave it and oil/wax treatment.

Haven't had any problems since that.

 

[Cagey]

Absolutely beautiful job, Mr. Player!

 

[bagman67]

Search the mylespaul forums.  There are lots of good threads on headstock repairs. 

Bwahahahaha!












...Sorry.








No I'm not.

After I re-read this.....I guess it did come off like a joke.  But I am serious.  Lots of different kind s of breaks and repairs.  Good resource. 

I didn't read it as an intended joke, I turned your perfectly valid and helpful suggestion into a joke. Sorry.  For real.

 

[Cederick]

Absolutely beautiful job, Mr. Player!

Agreed, and looks fairly simple to do, really!  :icon_biggrin:

Maybe not making it looking as great as yours, but the actual repairing thing