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by Joe Du Toit
Fri Dec 28, 2012 2:05 am
Forum: String Instrument Repair: Practical and Political Issues
Topic: Yamaha headstock / neck break
Replies: 10
Views: 7253

Re: Yamaha headstock / neck break

Got my hands on some pictures. You can see the light colored wood around the previous break. That repair person appears to have smoothed it over with a clear finish, but didn't attempt to match the color where the dark finish had chipped off. Ideally, I would like to make the break less visible if I...
by Joe Du Toit
Thu Dec 27, 2012 1:24 pm
Forum: String Instrument Repair: Practical and Political Issues
Topic: Yamaha headstock / neck break
Replies: 10
Views: 7253

Re: Yamaha headstock / neck break

Well, I'll be happy to take the advice not to mess with the design, and simply to re-glue the break. I'm sure you're right, Clay, that the peghead will slip off the end of the trussrod once I separate it from the fretboard. Then I can clean the surfaces and make sure I get the glue everywhere I need...
by Joe Du Toit
Wed Dec 26, 2012 2:58 pm
Forum: String Instrument Repair: Practical and Political Issues
Topic: Yamaha headstock / neck break
Replies: 10
Views: 7253

Yamaha headstock / neck break

Hello, all! (Apologies right off the top for no pics, but the guitar in question is not in my possession.) I have a cousin who owns a Yamaha F-310 (steel-string acoustic) - not a high-end guitar, but it has significant sentimental value to her, and she would be very happy if it could be made playabl...

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