With a neck-crack like that....

[Baloney Balderdash]

9 minutes ago, NikNik said:

You reckon it's a scarf joint? They're meant to be set necks

Scarf joint is at the head side end of the neck, and a way to make a sturdier tilt back headstock, set neck relates to the neck pocket end of the neck.

 

This is how a scarf join looks, as said a way to make a stronger tilted headstock :

Edited June 30, 2023 by Baloney Balderdash

[Waddo Soqable]

The position and angle looked very much scarf joint to me. If the fretboard was taken off and the neck is a clean break it'd glue back and be very strong, with appropriate glue and clamping. The reattached FB would further reinforce it. 

[NikNik]

I understand what a scarf joint is. 

 

I don't know how you can tell it's a scarf through that finish.

[Waddo Soqable]

Just one opinion of a likely scenario, based on the angle and position of the crack, academic anyway as I doubt anyone here's going to splurge in excess of a monkey on it 😁

[Baloney Balderdash]

1 hour ago, NikNik said:

I understand what a scarf joint is. 

 

I don't know how you can tell it's a scarf through that finish.

2 hours ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

Didn't notice that before, but taking a closer look at the pictures again I think you are probably right, the supposed "finish crack" does follow where the scarf joint of the neck would be glued on suspiciously closely.

 

I mean it is of course technically still a finish crack, just quite a bit more than just that, and would definitely not be the main issue here, but rather more of a symptom, if the scarf joint parting is really the actual culprit to it (which honestly seems very likely).

 

 

 

Edited June 30, 2023 by Baloney Balderdash