SG Re-Repair

HarrySeven

Funkfingers said:

HarrySeven said:

http://i.imgur.com/bjISok7.jpg

Coming along nicely. 

Yup. No point in skimping on it! 

HarrySeven

@ICBM - that epoxy I used is worth a look, for future reference...

ICBM

HarrySeven said:

@ICBM - that epoxy I used is worth a look, for future reference...

Yes, I’ve saved the listing.

Have you tested the strength of the neck yet? If not, give it a couple more days - the epoxy continues to gain strength even after it appears to be set.

It does look like a very clean and tight join, you may get away without needing to splint it. It’s a bit worrying how poor the wood looks though!

HarrySeven

ICBM said:

Have you tested the strength of the neck yet? If not, give it a couple more days - the epoxy continues to gain strength even after it appears to be set.

It does look like a very clean and tight join, you may get away without needing to splint it. It’s a bit worrying how poor the wood looks though!

No, not yet. I’m going to leave it until the weekend.  

I agree re. the quality of the wood...  

Funkfingers

ICBM said:

It does look like a very clean and tight join, you may get away without needing to splint it.

@H7 Given that the job is on behalf of a third party, is the intention to get the guitar playable for years to come or just long enough for the owner to tidy it up and sell it on?

Is there an ulterior motive? i.e. Reinstate the headstock. Convince the owner that thorough refinishing is prohibitively expensive. Also, that the guitar *as is* is not worth a great deal of money. Then, acquire the guitar for peanuts. Bwa-ha-ha-haa. 

HarrySeven

@Funkfingers

*No ulterior motive.

*Owner has no intention of selling it (AFAIK).

Funkfingers

You must be mellowing in your old age.

boogieman

Nice job. That should be almost invisible with some filling and a decent paint job. Is the headstock veneer going to be replaced? 

HarrySeven

boogieman said:

Nice job. Is the headstock veneer going to be replaced? 

Cheers.

Not sure yet - need to talk to the owner.

boogieman

HarrySeven said:

boogieman said:

Nice job. Is the headstock veneer going to be replaced? 

Cheers.

Not sure yet - need to talk to the owner.

My SG has had a headstock break and the previous owner swapped out the veneer. I’ve since had the whole guitar repainted and you’d never know it’d been damaged. Depends if your guy wants an invisible job of course. 

HarrySeven

boogieman said:

Depends if your guy wants an invisible job of course. 

If it were for me, I wouldn't refinish it - it's all part of the history...

HarrySeven

ICBM said:

Have you tested the strength of the neck yet? If not, give it a couple more days - the epoxy continues to gain strength even after it appears to be set.

I'll take a look at this at the weekend - just mindful that I don't want to be too "over-zealous" and snap the damn thing again!

King85

You're a wizard Harry!

HarrySeven

So...

http://i.imgur.com/0tijOGs.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/9eUHFez.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/r5WTpDz.jpg

Before proceeding further (ie. thinking about refinishing), I thought it prudent to see how the repair site would hold up (particularly as I’m using a type of epoxy I’m unfamiliar with).

I first refitted the necessary hardware and strung it up, tuned it a tone down and left it for a week. No discernible issues were evident, so I tuned it to pitch, and tweaked the truss rod - all seems well, so far.

I’ll leave it like that for a week or so, then see what’s what. It’s uncased, on a stand in my workshop (which is at the mercy of fluctuations in temperature/humidity), so if anything is initially going to shift, it will probably happen now (he said, hopefully).