Broken resonator tailpiece

normula1

Picked up my resonator this evening and discovered that the Chinese metal (aka chetal ) tailpiece had snapped. Before I start on a course of butchery, any idea where I could get a replacement or something similar?
It's a Gretcsh G9240 Alligator. I've done a very quick Google / Ebay trawl and haven't seen anything similar in the matt nickel vein.
It's only 80mm in length which is also a bit of a challenge.

guitargeek62

How’s it affixed to the crossbrace? You might be able to bodge a (matching) pair of replacements if you’re reasonably handy with some basic tools…

normula1

I've a fair idea on affecting a repair but given the quality of the chetal it's not likely to be pretty, hence the preference for a replacement.

Funkfingers

Is J-B Weld available in a suitable colour?

BillDL

I wonder whether gold anodised aluminium might be a good match for the existing one.  If so, you might well be able to fashion something yourself that would be a close match.
What thickness and width are the main "stays" that bend over the body?
The part that is riveted / bolted onto those stays, where the strings pass through, does that have anything solid underneath / inside it to prevent the back edge of it being bent forwards by the string tension?  I can't tell if it's a sheet of folded metal that goes all the way around and underneath to form a box profile or if it is an upside down D shaped profile with an open underside but with something like a block of wood underneath and inside it.

WezV

options are:

1.  Contact Gretsch/Fender to see if they will sell you a spare
2. Rebuild the existing one with a new leg
3. Find a similar tailpiece, you may have luck looking for vintage ones from cheap old archtops and resonators*
4. Fit a short trapeze tailpiece 

*this kind of thing
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/315248565449

ICBM

It’s going to be a bit of a problem unless you can find something like the one WezV posted - the spacing of the screw holes is unusually large and covering them will be an issue. (And what looks like a nasty scratch in the top where the broken end has scraped it.)

If you’re not bothered about that I would probably just fit a standard resonator tailpiece - as long as you can be sure it’s steel and not brass, which this one looks like and why it failed. I think you should be able to find a relic’ed one, although they’re usually chrome plated.

normula1

The scratch isn't that bad... it's a cheap guitar as well so not too worried about it.
I've reached out to Fender, so will see what they come back with. I found the part number but it's unsurprisingly not available to purchase off the shelf.
Unless Fender come through or I can find a suitable alternative (I quite like the look if it really), my thought is to fashion a replacement leg with a bit of scrap I have in the garage.