mustang headstock rebuild

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:29 am

plus all the garbagy looking shit on the back where chips fell out will be covered by the tuners so it will look ok too once i get them on i think

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:05 am

great work - looks ace so far

roachello · Post by **roachello** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:21 am

I'm enjoying seeing the progress of this project. Awesome job!!

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:30 pm

DGNR8 wrote:On the front, which is arguably the most important visible angle, it looks almost like grain. The best part is that maple is mofo hard and the glues area may be even stronger than the rest. Unlike a Gibbo, where you might still have worries, I think this thing is good to go, even in a stress point around the tuners. Nice job, brah.

if nothing else, the owner cannot bitch that robroe didn't do a fucking amazing job of at least TRYING to salvage his headtock. KU-FUCKING-DOS.

JordanD · Post by **JordanD** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:05 pm

Robroe mate, you've done a really top notch job on that headstock. The first thing I would've done is panicked and probably cried if I did that to one of my guitars. Was this the guy who threw his guitar up in the air on stage? If it is tell him not to be a muppet and to look after his Mustang.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:35 pm

yea, but these guys put on a really good show. the first time i saw them they had this big red light on stage with them, and a fog machine going non stop, plus they had some other guy switching a strobe on and off too. all this was going on in a tiny bar. They stopped doing all that stuff the last couple times i seen them though. (i think anyways, i haven't seen them play in a while)

if you are going to go all out for the rock, i understand and encourage it.

Pacafeliz · Post by **Pacafeliz** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:46 pm

dang! yer giving me SERIOUS blue comp. GAS!!!

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:47 pm

That looks really good, Rob.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:44 pm

the deed is done.

front, back, and all strung up ready to rock

i forgot to take photos of filling in the screw holes!!!! its easy though.

3 steps.

stuff glue in the hole
stuff match stick in the hole
dry

bust off the match stick and sand down with a dremmul as close as you can taking not to fuck it up.

its not necessary to sand it perfectly flat because you will be screwing shit into it anyway, pushing down along the way
the screw sets into the glue+wood (match stick), much better than glue alone. you can use this trick on like any screw hole that gets fucked up.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:46 pm

awsome job!
you shoulda put that jag neck on it for a few minutes just to see what it would look like.

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:53 pm

toothpicks will also work instead of matchsticks. i used green and blue ones on my jaguar.
that's a great job, rob. you can hardly tell it was broken. in photos the crack looks like a grain line.

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:59 pm

That looks great, Rob. Not noticeable at all(from what I can see). Great work.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:04 pm

i finished this on tuesday. i got mega busy with work n shit yesterday and didn't post up the photos

the red jag neck is FUCKING AWESOME by the way dude

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:26 pm

its in pretty good shape for a 12 year old shortscale neck,
i shot some super lube into the high e tuner, did it loosen up any'?

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:31 pm

yea its fine.

i never would have guessed you did anything special to it. works just like all the others

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:48 pm

robertOG wrote:i shot some super lube into the high e tuner, did it loosen up any?

LOL WUT? Talk dirty

Which end of the matchstick?

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:05 am

you jam the ass end of it in there.

throw out the fire part n shit

astro · Post by **astro** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:13 am

Beautiful job. Even in the extreme close-ups, its almost impossible to see any cracks. I'm sure if I didn't know it was there, I wouldn't be able to see it at all.

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:52 am

Excellent job, neck is looking really pimping...

ludger · Post by **ludger** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:28 pm

Excellent job rob. I got my tuners in fine too.