How to Repair a Broken Guitar Neck

This instructable will show you how to repair a broken guitar neck and, depending on how severe the damage, how to do some minor cosmetic repair. The guitar in question for this example is an Epiphone Les Paul Studio. I actually bought this guitar about a year ago for the very purpose of practicing neck repair – as it already had a broken neck. I fixed the neck about 9 months ago (and you can see the results of that fix in this series).

Fast forward to the arrival of a new puppy… long story short, another broken neck (the old fix held up though!!!) and a chance to create a new instructable.

In the case of the Epiphone, they are great, affordable guitars… And with these broken neck ones (depending on the nature of the break), these can be a great deal for someone with the time and tools to fix them. And if you happen to bust the top off your Gibson ES335, that can be fixed too!

Step 1: Anatomy of a Broken Neck
Step 2: Tools and Supplies
Step 3: Inspection of Damage
Step 4: Side Note About Wood Strength and Stain Penetration
Step 5: Dry Fitting
Step 6: Glue Application
Step 7: Assembly and Clamping and Cleanup
Step 8: Take Off the Clamps and Minor Clean Up
Step 9: Wood Finish Work.
Step 10: Headstock Cleanup/finishing
Step 11: Restring, Check Set-up and Play!
Step 12: Conclusion – It’s Alive!

How severe the damage, how to do some minor cosmetic repair. I actually bought this guitar about a year ago for the very purpose of practicing neck repair – as it already had a broken neck.
Get the parts of a guitar neck from https://faberusa.com/ – The online store of genuine guitar parts.

This is one of those “OMG what’ll I do!” accidents for most people. But if it looks like a clean break and can be pressed back together without to much work, you can probably fix it yourself.

Just don’t get to worried about the final wood finish. Keep it simple and you’ll be happier than if you try to make the crack totally invisible.

Read the repairing process here in details – https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-repair-a-broken-guitar-neck-headstock/

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