Reason # 495,479,786,485 why I shouldn't drink...

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Go Leslie west on it and duct tape it. I keep mine in the same cabinet as my tequila for just this type of occasion. And it doubles as a dating kit.
 
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Meh. It'll be fine.

You are in L.A., right? Drop me a PM if you need help. I've got a good wood shop in my garage here near Pasadena.

I'd glue it up, and use this as an excuse to paint it some awesome color, like Fender's burgundy mist metallic.

...or sell it to someone like me, who would do that to it and then keep it! :D

Is it a Faded Special?
 
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You wont even have to paint it. Glue it up, touch up any chips with color, then a little lacquer will melt right in.

Good as new.
 
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Oh, I agree. But It would be a good excuse to paint it.
 
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Kamanda~SD said:
Epoxy's a bad idea for this problem, wood glue and clamps all the way
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Ditto. Epoxy is ridiculous overkill for almost every guitar repair imaginable. It is ugly to work with, and near impossible to reverse a joint glued with it. The solvents required to clean up the squeeze out will also eat a lacquer finish in two seconds flat.

You don't need He-Man-strong glue to hold guitars together if you make proper joints and clamp them properly. The thinner the layer of glue, the better. That's why clamping entirely through the dry time is key.
 
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If you have any recordings done with it it might be interesting to re-record the same thing to see whether it changed sound.
 
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A real man would rip off the broken bit and rock the #@%$ out of what's left.
 
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Were you trying to spin it around Gibson175's avatar style again?
 
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That's pretty cool man. You just added a lot of mojo to your guitar. And you can tell people about how you broke your guitar in half, and then kept playing. It shouldn't matter that much after it's repaired anyway... Bodies are glued together from 5 pieces of wood anyway.... You just got 1 more piece....
 
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ItsaBass said:
Ditto. Epoxy is ridiculous overkill for almost every guitar repair imaginable. It is ugly to work with, and near impossible to reverse a joint glued with it. The solvents required to clean up the squeeze out will also eat a lacquer finish in two seconds flat.

You don't need He-Man-strong glue to hold guitars together if you make proper joints and clamp them properly. The thinner the layer of glue, the better. That's why clamping entirely through the dry time is key.
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Elmers wood glue has held together a headstock of mine for years//
 
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ItsaBass said:
Is it a Faded Special?
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Yeah, Gibson's first run of the faded series many years ago - with the cresent moon inlays and ebony fingerboard. I remember the sales guy at Guitar Trader in San Diego opened up 4 boxes before I found one I liked. I had such a great experience there I left with the Faded SG and a Epi Les Paul (another great player).

This was my "Sabbath" guitar... with Gibson Toni Iommi pickups, tuned to C#...

The break, although severe, is pretty clean. I agree, wood glue and the right clamps will be an easy fix. Hard part will be doing neatly, hiding obvious sign of the break. Suggestions?
 
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lex666 said:
Hard part will be doing neatly, hiding obvious sign of the break. Suggestions?
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Personally, I wouldn't care as long as it was glued back together well. But you may want all evidence of the break to be eliminated. If it must be 100% invisible, glue, patch the missing wood, and refin in an opaque color. By patching and touching up the lacquer, you can make it smooth while keeping the translucent finish. But if you do that, you will always be able to see through the finish to the crack/patches if you look close enough.
 
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Hiding the break will be important, because it will make it a little bit easier to forget that it ever happened. It sucks to pick up a guitar, look at the stupid scars, and then sigh heavily before actually getting down to play. (Voice of experience.)
 
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