Hagstrom Bass Headstock Break:

[Inspector #20]

This one came to me from a local band for repair. Lots of missing pieces and chips....



Setting the headstock back in place with Titebond II



Parchute cord is woven through the tuner holes and tensioned, then wound around the straplock to pull the headstock fragment down onto the neck stump.



The owner couldn't produce all the missing chips. When available, i apply them like a mosaic.



Starting to fill in the chipped areas...

 

[Inspector #20]

Lots of detailing sanding required here. Fill and sand, the repeat.

I'm going to fill the missing binding section with baking soda and epoxy, the paint it to match the binding with a cream colored nail polish.

 

[iblive]

Looking good.

 

[LiveeviL2000]

nice job on the repair so far.

 

[Inspector #20]

nice job on the repair so far.

Thanks, Guys...

If i would have had all the little "chunks and flakes," this would have been much easier.

 

[Inspector #20]

 

[Inspector #20]

Missing chunk of binding built up with baking soda and IC glue.

 

[Inspector #20]

Curing the black poly filler with UV lamp.

 

[Inspector #20]

Filling in the cracks...

 

[Inspector #20]

This was really hurt too badly to be worth fixing.

 

[Inspector #20]

Polished...

 

[Inspector #20]

The face of the headstock could use a coat of shellac....



But, considering how much filler was used...



Its not too bad...

 

[Inspector #20]

Here it is after a few coats of Zinsser Shellac.

 

[marshalltsl]

Great job! Looks really good.

 

[Inspector #20]

Happy that this project is almost ready to go home!!!!

Two more customer guitars out of my work area!!!!

 

[Metal89]

Holy crap! That looks really good!

 

[Mitch Pearrow SJMP]

That came out fantastic looking

 

[Inspector #20]

Holy crap! That looks really good!

Thanks!!!!!

 

[Inspector #20]

Goes straight from my bench to a performance tonight...

 

[Session 5]

Good job well done!