I've been meaning to do this for ages but just got round to it today. Following the excellent tutorial at the Ibanez Rules website, I have managed to make a start this afternoon. My RG470 was made in Japan in 2002 and is a great guitar but the crack on the neck has always bugged me. It happened when the guitar fell over years ago. First thing I noticed was that it appears that Ibanez used the neck from the RG550, which is no bad thing:
This is the crack, which is difficult to see:
However, it becomes more apparent when a clamp is used to open it up a bit:
I filled the cracks with loads of wood glue, making sure it all got in there with the use of my expired fishing licence
I knew I had put enough in there as when I released the pressure was released from the clamp, it squidged out of the sides like a good 'un. I wiped away the excess with a damp cloth:
Some more glue came out when I attached the clamp again, and I wiped off the excess again:
I'm going to leave it (attached to our dining table!) for 24 hours, then I'll start the next stage of sanding. All going well it should be a good repair.
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Then applied some tung oil. Job's a good 'un!
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