Aceman
I am your doctor of love!
You are Lex Luthier
Les Paul with headstock repair value?
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You are Lex Luthier
Aceman
I am your doctor of love!
I am not a luthier - but have played a couple broke neck Les Pauls in my time.
My understanding:
Broken headstock is tough, broken neck is easy
Diagonal break is better (more glue/surface) than a straight break
And as with all wood work done right - the break will end up stronger than surrounding wood
As for Price - I'm thinking that is based on
- Value of the guitar without
- Nature of the break (headstock vs neck)
- Quality (or a appearance of quality) of the repair
And yeah - 10% - 20% off what it would be seems reasonable.
I'd really want to play first....
My understanding:
Broken headstock is tough, broken neck is easy
Diagonal break is better (more glue/surface) than a straight break
And as with all wood work done right - the break will end up stronger than surrounding wood
As for Price - I'm thinking that is based on
- Value of the guitar without
- Nature of the break (headstock vs neck)
- Quality (or a appearance of quality) of the repair
And yeah - 10% - 20% off what it would be seems reasonable.
I'd really want to play first....
Aceman
I am your doctor of love!
This sounds like self justification. 3 necks in a blind listening would likely prove this pure BS.
I wish I was an engineer sometimes. This is the kind of problem I'd solve.
Thanks Bob.
ehdwuld
A Ficus
Gibson made them like that in the 70s
nexion218
New member
Plus he also carves a volute, just in case.
I’ve got no problem with that.
Scarf jointed hs are strong, too. Idk why everybody turns their noses up at them.
Is is a tradition thing that people don't like about the scarf joint? It seems pretty stable.
NegativeEase
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No neck I've ever repaired ever broke again, as it's well treaded ground that done correctly -it's stronger than new.
I've never heard significant difference in tone more than bumping the tone dial on the guitar, pedal, or amp up or down barely a touch wouldn't compensate for.
I don't think the extremely minor tone shift should/would affect the value -after all they didn't hear the guitar before presumably, I think the decline in value (other than the disclosure that it's simply been broken once and grade has lowered) is that when you buy a guitar a major repair mark on the neck would remind you that someone else stroked your lady first. -So psychological at most -not functional
I've never heard significant difference in tone more than bumping the tone dial on the guitar, pedal, or amp up or down barely a touch wouldn't compensate for.
I don't think the extremely minor tone shift should/would affect the value -after all they didn't hear the guitar before presumably, I think the decline in value (other than the disclosure that it's simply been broken once and grade has lowered) is that when you buy a guitar a major repair mark on the neck would remind you that someone else stroked your lady first. -So psychological at most -not functional
nexion218
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That is a very good question.... Scarf joint NO-NO, but intentionally hacked up and mangled guitars are great, because they sound better, not to mention the super resonant boutique clear coat People are weird.
Explain to me why a scarf jointed hs is a no-no, because that’s directly contrary to everything I’ve played, broken, and witnessed.
nexion218
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Ah, I failed to make my sarcasm obvious, sorry. Nothing wrong with it, that's what I'm saying. That people talk shyte about the scarf joint being bad, then they go on to believe in gibberish. So I basically meant it the other way round as how you understood it.
Ah, I failed to make my sarcasm obvious, sorry. Nothing wrong with it, that's what I'm saying. That people talk shyte about the scarf joint being bad, then they go on to believe in gibberish. So I basically meant it the other way round as how you understood it.
HAHA AAAHHH gotcha. Nicely done.
