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Open up the crack as far as you dare without snapping it completely - I do it by supporting the guitar in a way which lets me open the crack by using a G-clamp to pull it down towards the bench - and work the glue in as far as you can, a piece of paper can help. Then clamp it as tight as possible with some padding on both sides so you don’t indent the wood.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Open it up a little then wick as much Titebond Original in as you can, it’s the consistency of single cream and should have enough open time to run nicely into the crack then clamp it like it’s going out of fashion.
Leave it for 24 hours then emerge to a hero’s welcome!
(formerly miserneil)
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I'm not an expert but if I was trying it I'd spray a little water (a fine mist from a cleaned-out bottle of something or other) into the crack before the glue. I think I read in one of Dan Erlewine's books that wetting the wood helps in drawing the glue in.
Feel free to tell me I'm talking rubbish.
@Funkfingers I didn't even notice it ha!
But if the crack's all the way to the rod probs don't want to do that in case of glueing the rod..
But that's a good reason be be very careful of using glues that do, like epoxy... I've used heated high-strength epoxy very successfully in the past for some difficult breaks, but you need to protect the rod with something like a piece of heatshrink sleeving.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I did this neck repair to my Ibanez RG470 in 2015. It's still holding strong, in fact I played it yesterday. I'd use Titebond now but the wood glue I used at the time is still doing the job nearly 4 years later.
in all seriousness though, that's a great job, can barely see it!