Set-up Q (high E bends choking out)

strtdv

Is it a bow or a twist? I'd be surprised if a bow wasn't fixable (unless it's a back-bow with a single action truss rod).

Loobs

It's bowed, according to the tech. How is that fixable if there's nowhere left to go with the truss? 

SteveRobinson

Loobs said:

It's bowed, according to the tech. How is that fixable if there's nowhere left to go with the truss? 

Has the tech removed the truss rod nut and lubricated it? This can make all the difference.

Depending how bad the bow is, you can dress it out of the frets (they may be too small for this) or defret, plane the board and refret. The latter option would still be cheaper than a new neck and you'd maintain the originality.

Loobs

Thanks Steve, let's see what he comes back with. So far, he hasn't done anything to it. I'm very wary of dropping 100s of euros on this guitar. 

Loobs

Does removing the truss rod involve removing the fretboard? It's vintage style, with truss rod access at the neck heel. 

SteveRobinson

It depends on the construction of the neck but unless it's snapped there's probably no need to replace it.

ToneControl

probably worth pointing out that some people working as guitar techs can do routine repairs, but have never built a guitar from scratch, or gotten into fundamental repairs of the wood of the neck, or the soundboard of an acoustic, for example.

I always like to understand what range of skills someone has got: are they able to build acoustics from scratch (unusual), repair an acoustic with damage to the soundbox? strictly electrics? can they refret? can they replace or repair fingerboards, etc.

I say this because someone could recommend a replacement neck because they don't know who to repair the faults in one.
As the experts here have advised, I'd think that unless the neck is broken, or has back-bow, you'd normally think a repair was the best option. 

A new neck would need a lot of bench time to fit and setup correctly too