Edit: now DIY headstock repair // NGD Almost Snapped V100 (pics now working)

roberty

Edit: moved to making and modding

I've been after a cheap LP style for trying pickups, and for a cheap backup to take out when there's likely to be copious amounts of alcohol involved

So I found this going on eBay for a good price.  Imagine my delight to learn that it also came with a free pillow!

Needless to say the fucker is 99% snapped.  Time to open a claim, wish me luck

roberty

Well that was easy, I've been refunded.  Does anyone want a free almost-snapped V100 before it goes in the bin?  Minus the pickups, haha.  The pillow is extra

roberty

On second thoughts maybe I'll have a go at gluing and clamping... how hard can it be?  He said

DeeTee

roberty said:

On second thoughts maybe I'll have a go at gluing and clamping... how hard can it be?  He said

I was going to suggest this. Might as well have a go, as it's now not costing anything. Best of luck, let us know how it goes!

roberty

DeeTee said:

roberty said:

On second thoughts maybe I'll have a go at gluing and clamping... how hard can it be?  He said

I was going to suggest this. Might as well have a go, as it's now not costing anything. Best of luck, let us know how it goes!

Cheers, I found your headstock repair thread from 2013, gorilla glue and a trigger clamp you reckon?

I'm wondering how I would get the glue into those little cracks.  They go from under where the nut was and along each side of the truss well. They run all the way up to the first tuning peg on each side

roberty

King85

Those pics don't work bud.

roberty

King85 said:

Those pics don't work bud.

Ah balls, try this.  Thanks

ICBM

roberty said:

I'm wondering how I would get the glue into those little cracks.  They go from under where the nut was and along each side of the truss well. They run all the way up to the first tuning peg on each side

You will need to open up the crack as far as possible without snapping the head right off - which can be difficult to judge, I do it by clamping the guitar to the bench with the neck supported and use a G-clamp to slowly bend the headstock down until I start to hear warning noises with my ear right next to it, then back off a tiny bit as quickly as possible! - and inject glue into the crack with a syringe, and/or work it in using a piece of paper. You'll never get it right to the end, but a water-based glue like Titebond Original will soak itself in to some extent, and if you purposely overdo it, when you clamp the crack tightly it should be forced right in.

roberty

Amazing, thanks @ICBM I'll give this a go next week

joetele

You'll have an excellent free guitar if you can fix this  

alexh

Can you thin the glue to help it wick in?

roberty

@alexh no idea!

Been a hectic couple of weeks but got some clamps and glue on order now.  Hope to get onto this during the week

roberty

Here goes...








Gave it a little wipe and then clamped it up for the night.  I've left the headstock resting on the table to give a little bit of extra forward pressure




The glue has gone right up to the top of the crack, hopefully it's gone to the bottom too




Assuming it all works, I'll probably try to put a decent nut on next.  It's about time I learnt and this is the right opportunity.  Depending on how little I can get away with spending on files, I suppose.

So yeah.  This thing better not be anywhere near as nice as my R8.  I'm appreciating the black Standard look at the moment, have done one or two eBay searches for black Standards in the past week or so, god help me fight this GAS.

Very appreciative of the advice on here

DannyP

Cool, man - good luck.

I hope you haven't glued your rag to your guitar!

roberty

DannyP said:

Cool, man - good luck.

I hope you haven't glued your rag to your guitar!

Thanks - so do I!

DartmoorHedgehog

DannyP said:

Cool, man - good luck.

I hope you haven't glued your rag to your guitar

What you don't realise was that he was actually wearing that t-shirt at the time and had to cut that part of it off to escape...

roberty

Strung up, we'll see how it lasts!  I won't get too attached (pun intended).  Few more things to do:

The stock wiring is pretty horrible, will probably rip it out and start again at some point

The nut is very basic, it's moulded plastic and it's hollow, three options are:
  1. get some files and learn to do it myself
  2. take it to a local tech
  3. get a pre-cut nut (are these worth it, and do they do them for 11s?)

Lastly, clean off the excess glue around the wound.  How do I do this?  Various types of sandpaper?

Decided to wang the Dussenberg Les Trem on for a laugh, I'm auditioning this 1970s DiMazrio set. They're unpotted, if I decide to keep them I'll get them potted and put them in my main guitar

ICBM

Good job. If you used Titebond or similar it should clean up quite well if you rub the excess off with a cloth and some warm water.

roberty

The excess glue came off easy btw