New neck on SG?

steven70

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WezV

What was done to try and straighten it?

there may be more invasive methods that could be tried.... including a reneck

steven70

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impmann

@FelineGuitars ; - it might be worth talking to these guys if you are SE based.

TA22GT

A lot depends on how bad the twist actually is and if the neck is now stable.
I had a Carlton 335 with quite a severe twist.
The neck had stabilised so the frets were removed and the board planed straight. It was then re-fretted and all has been well since. 
It's about 2 years ago now. You can see the binding on the bass side has been reduced from around the 11th fret to 22nd fret by about 1.5 mm to 2mm.
Nobody playing it has ever noticed but I know!
No offense to the "shops" you took it to but there is a difference to a builder looking at it than a "tech"......no offense whatsoever to techs!
As suggested let Feline have a look as they are in your area.
Good luck as it's a tough decision.

WezV

The fixes for twists fall into 3 main categories

Bend the twist out of the wood
Clamping for a while is the most basic fix and rarely successful.   You can try the same with a heat treatment and it generally last a bit longer.   These fixes are not as invasive, but the wood wants to twist so will usually return to its previous shape

Plane out the twist
You accept the wood is twisted and remove some until everything is straight again.  It might mean removing a fretboard to re-flatten the neck, or levelling the fretboard face.        If the fretboard does need to come off its a good opportunity to add additional reinforcement.    Because the wood has already moved its generally stable at this point,  but reshaping wood changes tensions and the twist can reappear to a lesser degree.

Replace the wood 
The only sure fire way to deal with a serious twist.   You can often keep some original bits like fretboard and headplate.  Not a cheap option on a gibson as the neck joins vary so much it would need to be made from scratch


There is always the option to live with a minor twist.  Depends if it can be set-up to play okay , many can

TA22GT

WezV said:

The fixes for twists fall into 3 main categories

Bend the twist out of the wood
Clamping for a while is the most basic fix and rarely successful.   You can try the same with a heat treatment and it generally last a bit longer.   These fixes are not as invasive, but the wood wants to twist so will usually return to its previous shape

Plane out the twist
You accept the wood is twisted and remove some until everything is straight again.  It might mean removing a fretboard to re-flatten the neck, or levelling the fretboard face.        If the fretboard does need to come off its a good opportunity to add additional reinforcement.    Because the wood has already moved its generally stable at this point,  but reshaping wood changes tensions and the twist can reappear to a lesser degree.

Replace the wood 
The only sure fire way to deal with a serious twist.   You can often keep some original bits like fretboard and headplate.  Not a cheap option on a gibson as the neck joins vary so much it would need to be made from scratch


There is always the option to live with a minor twist.  Depends if it can be set-up to play okay , many can

This. Wiz given.

steven70

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WezV

The twist itself won’t normally contribute to tuning stability... you may find it still doesn’t play in tune with the neck straightened 

musteatbrain

http://felineguitars.com/media/spotlight/judastpriestguitar.html
Made me think of this

steven70

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Adey

I would imagine you could buy a couple of replacement guitars for the cost of getting the neck replaced properly...

normula1

IMO, whether "it's worth it" is more about your attachment to the guitar rather than it's monetary value. @WezV did a tremendous job rebuilding a Japanese Squier for me that had great sentimental value when in pure financial terms the rebuild made no sense whatsoever.