Well, that's one way to fix a broken neck..

equalsql

Looks like my level of handicraft.  
https://i.redd.it/8mlj3sbvolea1.jpg

Kalimna

An instrument for playing some serious metal.

Whistler

Possibly a home made tremolo device: just lightly wiggle the head.

BillDL

Reminds me of Four Candles

Funkfingers

The iron-clad look reminds me of some heat exchanger shell repairs at an oil refinery I must not name. 

DartmoorHedgehog

Well at least they used a nice padded neck rest - wouldn't want to scratch it.
Probably Neil Young's tech

Apart from the obvious messy look and feel of that plate, surely that almost took more effort than doing it properly with glue.

Sesh

Whistler said:

Possibly a home made tremolo device: just lightly wiggle the head.

Not if they've done the same on the front. 

ICBM

Funkfingers said:

The iron-clad look reminds me of some heat exchanger shell repairs at an oil refinery I must not name. 

Worse, it looks like some of the structural repairs on the vintage Junkers Ju52 aircraft which crashed in the Alps a few years back, which were discovered by the accident investigators. Shockingly, the crash was not even caused by that but by gross pilot error - the entire operation was a total cowboy outfit with minimal regard for safety. My parents had been thinking of taking a trip with them, but hadn’t got around to it… 17 passengers and 3 crew were not so lucky.

Funkfingers

ICBM said:

Funkfingers said:

an oil refinery I must not name. 

the entire operation was a total cowboy outfit with minimal regard for safety.

So, you have visited THAT refinery. 

S56035

Needs more screws.

roberty

Rust never sleeps

elstoof

I hope they used tone rivets