Re: Can this acoustic be fixed?

"Jeremy Arnold" <jsarnold513@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:1125720028.480615.250720@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> It would definitely be me learning to fix it. And it's only setting me
> back $12.50 for what I think is a solid top with a decent neck, so it's
> not like I'm giving up an arm and a leg for something I know I won't
> like. It's not so much the looks that bother me. I like beat-up old
> guitars. I'm afraid that in its present state it won't be structurally
> sound. This glue job is so bad I don't even think "amateur" properly
> describes it. I've seen five year olds do better looking things with a
> bottle of Elmer's and some maccaroni... What the hell were they
> thinking!?!?
>
> Jeremy
>
>

I once had a '78 Gibson SG that I bought because the headstock was shorn
off - two pieces. Somebody did a glue job, and used bondo or something. It
literally went out of tune when you bent a string.

That was a pretty simple fix, but I had to break it into two again,
dissolve off all that crap, make some good surface contact again - and
glued it right with Carpenters glue.

It really was good as new - probably better - if it broke again up there it
wouldn't break at the join.

Sure.... resale value was off :) But, it was a good learning experience,
and I got a cool guitar out of it...
.

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