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this is the same mustang that i fixed the headstock on last month.
this re-build is going to require a little more time i think



before you guys get all stupid about how that was a really nice guitar why did he smash it.

1. he asked me if i didn't mind first
2. it was fucking amazing watching it explode all over the wall at Broadway Joes

looks like a lot of work involved there. it'll be interesting to see how it turns out.

fuck what did you do to piss of hilary?

The time you would spend trying to repair it wouldn't be worth the value (what is it, late 70's?). Scrap the body and neck, get new ones and build a different guitar.

Never seen a break like that. That's amazing.

This is going to be an epic repair - probably going to need wood splines and other reenforcement. It looks like most of yr original repair held, which is a good sign. What's the plan of attack? Is the trussrod undamaged?

just stick jam all that shit into a wall or ceiling in the house and it will be a cool ass looking work of art. OH SHIT A GUITARS BLASTING THROUGH THE WALL.

Sloan wrote:just stick jam all that shit into a wall or ceiling in the house and it will be a cool ass looking work of art. OH SHIT A GUITARS BLASTING THROUGH THE WALL.

Zachly.

Different strokes for different folks I guess.

Really stupid waste, I don't care who he got permission from

But repairing it must be a good experience.

its not a 70's. its a blue comp stang RI from like 2002. he just painted it black and put on a new pickguard

Wait, is this YOUR old comp blue stang?

I would rather he did it with Strats or Squiers. It would have been okay had the body not busted--he could have just gotten a new neck. I have never seen a break like that. My question is: how did the old glue fix hold up? Here's a rare opportunity to do a Myth Busters experiment.

I don't understand why anyone would do this. It's not really artistic, given that people like Townshend and Cobain have worn it out.

That body is beyond repair, it cracked at the neck joint. If it were just the neck that broke you'd just have to replace it, but based on those pictures the thing is a total loss. I guess you can salvage -some- of it (bridge, trem, tuners, pups, electronics) but beyond that I think the wood is fubar.

i agree with robvondon,

the neck pocket is totally trashed to shit.
the neck is dead.


however: most of the "important" stuff is still intact. i say just buy a new guitar and do something with the remnants.

you guys have no confidence in my skillz

ill fix this fuckin thing. the break at the neck joint was so ragged that there is tons and tons of surface area for the new gluez to stick to. its not like im gluing a flat surface to a flat surface. i think its gonna work. it might not be something that will ever tour again but i think i can save this for a apartment guitar

nick its obvious that you missed the thread i made last month about the first rebuild of this guitar. go read it.

http://www.shortscale.org/forum/viewtop ... sc&start=0





the first time i fixed it, i fixed this break



fixed.




i suppose i could just merge this topic into the first thread but then some of you still wouldn't look at it if i did.

You did a fine job with fixing it last time, the problem is that now the break is at places that compromise the stability of the entire neck. You might be able to glue this back together, but it will likely have problems with warping, staying in tune, etc.

But good luck. If all else fails, it'd make a pretty cool wall decoration.

thats basswood for you, I guess. Best of luck, man. That's going to be a fun project.