I have a few questions about how to better repair this joint but again, pictures are going to tell the story.One of the problems associated with buying an unfinished timber product, such as a DIY guitar kit is the difference in humidity levels between the country of origin and the region it is delivered to. This is not the joint shape that I expected. Pictures will show better and I'll add them to this post later. There were short dowels that had been added to the joint at an angle in a previous repair. There was a small area of body that was still attached and it was this part of the body that was fractured. The strap button was the main factor preventing the neck from departing the body. When I removed the strap button (it sits right behind the heel screwing into the joint from the back) everything got much more loose. But just when you think you've got a good idea of what to expect, something different happens. I didn't really want to use steam because I thought that there would be a lot more deep glue contact area for this joint and the heat would need to get really much deeper into the joint than something like a dovetail. I'm surprised that there wasn't more response to this post but I'll give an update and I'll post some pictures just for the archives. If you ever do any neck removal w/ steam, its a very good thing to have. Michael, Thanks for the reply, I have the stewmac needle also. I'm not entirely sure of the best way to apply steam to get the remaining glue to let go. I remember that on the Les Paul I removed a fret and drilled a hole through the tenon and applied steam. In the picture it looks like there are dowels on either side of mortise and tenon - I don't know what these circular things are. I came across a youtube video of someone removing a neck from an SG guitar and they removed the fretboard first. It took just a little steam to make the body let go and it was a clean neck removal. I did a very successful repair on a Les Paul a few years back with similar issues but I don't remember much of the details. He stopped tightening the strings and brought me the bass.Ībout 75% of the joint lines are fractured. The client noticed that the neck joint was showing cracks at the joint lines and that the joint on the back was getting a bigger gap as he began tightening a set of new strings. This bass had been put away for a few years.
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