Ouch !!!!!

[gub]

Nasty gash! Be sure to post a pic when it's sorted ! Poor guy, bet he was going crazy inside !

[MoonBassAlpha]

My '74 SG Special fell off a table IN IT'S CASE and got a headstock crack. I pretty much cried when I found out it was cracked days later, I have such a strong emotional attachment to it (18th birthday present, s/h!).
It does seem to happen to Gibsons more than other mahogany-necked instruments. May be a combination of truss rod acess and voloute design and headstock angle. I've read even Gibson copies of the sme materials are far less prone to this. I think this was on a youtube vid of Gibson headstock repairs from a guy who had seen tons...

[iconic]

How does a luthier go about repairing something like this, just glue or some way of 'letting' in new wood?

[chris_b]

Peter Green gave Gary Moore his 59 Les Paul Standard.

It was valued at £500,000 and had the neck snapped when GM's BMW was rear ended at lights!


Any good luthier can fix a broken Gibson. There are a lot of them to practice on!

[LukeFRC]

any other product you would stop buying them as they have a clear design fault...

[GarethFlatlands]

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1358112877' post='1933437']
I don't care what anyone says about Fender; they bounce and Gibson's don't.
[/quote]

One of the main reasons I sold my Les Paul and replaced it with a Mex strat. Plus I think I'm a single coil man, despite growing up wanting to be Jimmy Page.

[MrTaff]

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1358112877' post='1933437']
I don't care what anyone says about Fender; they bounce and Gibson's don't.
[/quote]

The jazz bass I dropped a few years ago didn't bounce very well, fell about 6ft off the stage & landed headstock first, at least Fender parts are cheap.

[chris_b]

Bouncing after a 6ft drop is a big ask even for a Fender.