Rescued Injured Orphan

[WavMixer]

Last night the neighbors had a party in their garage. The music and noise was not enough to keep me from sleeping, but I did here them through out the night.

This morning my grandson came over to visit with a guitar in his hand and a big smile on his face. Look what I found next door at the curb grandpa, all it needs is strings!" It does need stings indeed, perhaps a bit more.

 

[Truss_rod]

Looks like a fun project....

 

[eSGEe]

Cool.
ITs still got life in it........to bad the neighbor is (or a guest of his is) a douche wad.

 

[CabanaBoy]

TLC does come to mind
But, what the hey, it's free curb find - awesome...

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Maybe they played a WHO song

 

[RVA]

The break is clean. What is up with the tape further down the back of the neck?

 

[Don O]

Parts guitar is my first thought.....

 

[eSGEe]

Guitar fetish is having a BIG parts blow out........bet you can score a neck that fits for CHEAP---unless your just wanting to TRY a neck repair.....which that is GROOVY too

 

[Hackmaster]

Pop that neck off, squirt some Titebond into that crack, chuck it up in a vise and the next day, instant slide guitar.
Any generic import stop tail and an another pickup adjusting screw will get you back in business.
Missing fret? Who needs stinking frets anyway, it's a slide guitar, remember!

Your grandson has displayed a keen sense of the art of acquisition. A young Ferengi in the making.

 

[WavMixer]

I just happen to have a bottle of Titebond on hand. The tape mark on the back looks like a sticker used to live there. I also happen to have a spare Epiphone LP neck and wrap around bridge in my parts pile. This is #4 on my guitar to do project list.

 

[RVA]

Pop that neck off, squirt some Titebond into that crack, chuck it up in a vise and the next day, instant slide guitar.
Any generic import stop tail and an another pickup adjusting screw will get you back in business.
Missing fret? Who needs stinking frets anyway, it's a slide guitar, remember!

Your grandson has displayed a keen sense of the art of acquisition. A young Ferengi in the making.

Hack, can you clarify some things for me? Is it better to fully seperate the neck at the break and then glue it back together, rather than leave it as-is and squeeze some glue in there? Also, assuming the bond went together cleanly, do you think it would be suitable for regular play (with a new fret, of course), or is it now just good for slide for some reason? Thanks

 

[syscokid]

Maybe they played a WHO song

 

[WavMixer]

Hack, can you clarify some things for me? Is it better to fully seperate the neck at the break and then glue it back together, rather than leave it as-is and squeeze some glue in there? Also, assuming the bond went together cleanly, do you think it would be suitable for regular play (with a new fret, of course), or is it now just good for slide for some reason? Thanks

I'm gonna put a neck from a special that I have with a messed up body and no guts. It was sumthin I picked up for the Dirty Girl project.

 

[Hackmaster]

Hack, can you clarify some things for me? Is it better to fully seperate the neck at the break and then glue it back together, rather than leave it as-is and squeeze some glue in there? Also, assuming the bond went together cleanly, do you think it would be suitable for regular play (with a new fret, of course), or is it now just good for slide for some reason? Thanks

I would leave the break as is & just glue & clamp it, Ray. And I see no reason to doubt that it would go back together and be somewhat playable afterwards. My only concern would be the truss rod. The opening on that gap may very well be because of a bend in the truss rod.
I'd know more if I had it in my grubby little hands. If the gap closes squeezing it with your fingers, I'd say it's still reasonably straight.
If you have to clamp it to close the gap, I'd be betting that that rod is bent.
It looks like that truss rod is the only thing holding things together.

Measuring the fret height and getting a suitable replacement piece is easy enough. I have a can of smaller assorted pieces of fret wire to match something up. A too tall replacement fret that can be dressed down would be my target unless one got very lucky and found
a matching piece.

The reality is this is a $99 guitar new. How much of ones time is it really worth?

That's why I originally said just glue it, chuck it in a vise and make it a dedicated slider. The quick & dirty method.

 

[Hackmaster]

I'm gonna put a neck from a special that I have with a messed up body and no guts. It was sumthin I picked up for the Dirty Girl project.

Good plan Wav. As long as you already have it, your good to go.

I'd still try to glue that sucker instead of scraping it. You never know when it may come in handy for another project.

 

[RVA]

I would leave the break as is & just glue & clamp it, Ray. And I see no reason to doubt that it would go back together and be somewhat playable afterwards. My only concern would be the truss rod. The opening on that gap may very well be because of a bend in the truss rod.
I'd know more if I had it in my grubby little hands. If the gap closes squeezing it with your fingers, I'd say it's still reasonably straight.
If you have to clamp it to close the gap, I'd be betting that that rod is bent.
It looks like that truss rod is the only thing holding things together.

Measuring the fret height and getting a suitable replacement piece is easy enough. I have a can of smaller assorted pieces of fret wire to match something up. A too tall replacement fret that can be dressed down would be my target unless one got very lucky and found
a matching piece.

The reality is this is a $99 guitar new. How much of ones time is it really worth?

That's why I originally said just glue it, chuck it in a vise and make it a dedicated slider. The quick & dirty method.

Thanks. I think I misunderstood what you meant by "pop the neck off". You meant, at the screws (duh)!

 

[Hackmaster]

Thanks. I think I misunderstood what you meant by "pop the neck off". You meant, at the screws (duh)!

Yes sir! Much easier to deal with that way.

 

[WavMixer]

Good plan Wav. As long as you already have it, your good to go.

I'd still try to glue that sucker instead of scraping it. You never know when it may come in handy for another project.

Indeed I am gonna glue it back together for the experience. Perhaps I may put it on the other body that I'm robbing the neck from. I've been thinking about painting that LP body with some Rustolium Stone paint and make myself a "rock guitar"

 

[Inspector #20]

Last night the neighbors had a party in their garage. The music and noise was not enough to keep me from sleeping, but I did here them through out the night.

This morning my grandson came over to visit with a guitar in his hand and a big smile on his face. Look what I found next door at the curb grandpa, all it needs is strings!" It does need stings indeed, perhaps a bit more.


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Easy fix. Its more or less a scarf joint.

 

[jtcnj]

i vote GO for the experience factor but limit time spent and detail fuss.
AND dedicated slide!