Bad Idea To Buy A Les Paul With A Repaired Headstock?

OK, then I've been looking around for a while for a vintage Gibson SG. Unfortunately, the prices on the vintage market are actually way in a higher place what I can beget. I have run into a few that were closer to what I would be willing to pay, merely every last i of them has had a headstock repair done. I feel very wary of spending what amounts to a few months hire on a guitar with a repaired headstock. If information technology's done correctly, the instrument should exist fine, and the neck may well exist stronger than it was earlier the pause. If information technology'south not done correctly, withal, the musical instrument volition ever have intonation issues and may exist at adventure for another break further down the line (at which point you may likewise use it as firewood). And so, I'm just wondering if any of you lot have had experience buying a guitar with a headstock repair (or having a broken headstock repaired, for that affair)? Whatsoever words of advice?

Post past **bedhed3000** » Fri Feb 23, 2022 iv:08 pm

Actually I purchased a used Gibson SG (non vintage) from Guitar Center a long time agone while I was actively gigging on the weekends. The headstock bankrupt once more after only a few months. I had it repaired, then broken, then repaired a few more than times earlier it became essentially unfixable. Information technology now sits in storage waiting to exist used for parts.

The reasons for information technology breaking all those times were varied, simply unless yous want to treat it like it's made of glass, I would avoid buying one in that state.

Post by **vigs** » Sat Mar 03, 2022 3:l pm

I've both had a headstock repair fixed and played guitars with headstock repairs. Results varied.

The repair on my LP was kind of a disaster, the repair gave upward while the guitar was in the case some years down the road. I eventually traded it for a broken fuzz pedal, I think.

I've played and known the owners of several LPs and SGs with repairs. Information technology's hard to tell past sight if information technology's a great repair but pretty easy to run across if it sucks. If it looks good and it's a good bargain, I think information technology's worth the take chances.

That said, if it's a huge outlay for you lot, I'd wait for alternatives. Most of my guitars are Japanese from the 70s-90s at this point. Several lawsuit catamenia pieces and a bunch of Fender MIJs and CIJs.

Saturday Mar 03, 2022 4:twoscore pm

No personal experience with a repaired ane, merely recently I watched this video where they discussed how some are amend and stronger later a proper repair with splines. The office about cleaved necks is effectually 32:30 into the video. The remainder is a general discussion of where Gibson accept failed and what they should do in the face up of their current fiscal troubles.

Post by **gentle_attack** » Sabbatum Mar 03, 2022 6:31 pm

The affair virtually them breaking again is that... information technology'due south really not a great design to start off with, and incident #two might have been enough to suspension the headstock fifty-fifty if incident #1 hadn't broken it start.

A friend of mine who toured extensively with Teles said on the bar and small club circuit, the guitars take such a chirapsia there's no way he would bring LP/SG/ES-xxx into the venue, much less on stage. Teles meanwhile are solid enough to use as a hammer and they'll even so exist in tune.

There are so many Us Gibsons as well as squeamish Epiphones floating around on the used (but probably haven't been played much at all) market, that I wouldn't chance it on something with harm. If I damaged the ane LP I take, I don't fifty-fifty know if I would become the headstock repaired, tbh.

Post past **5cr33nager** » Sun Mar xi, 2022 7:fourteen pm

Don't practise it.

Mail service by **Kent** » Mon Mar 12, 2022 four:08 am

I'll counter with the observation that many headstock repairs on Gibson guitars will actually make this known design flaw stronger than new.

If information technology is a practiced repair on a gigging guitar and the guitar plays/sounds how you wish, I'd go for it if the price is appealing.

Mon Mar 12, 2022 half-dozen:15 am

^^ this. A buddy has a custom store Firebird that had tuning issues, cured after a headstock suspension and properly fixed. I'd be real cautious and purchase only in person and for the right cost, though.

Mail by **Cybananna** » Monday Mar 12, 2022 7:03 am

I take a non vintage Gibson SG with a headstock repair. I got a cracking deal on it . The repair was washed by a local luthier who really knows what he's doing. Information technology's solid and stable and ane of the best players I have.

My point being, if you tin can tell the repair was done well, they can exist a neat deal. But there's risk.

As yous've seen, whatsoever of the "affordable" vintage ones take been broken and likely of unknown origin of the repair. Very risky.

Post by **GuyaGuy** » Mon Mar 12, 2022 5:22 pm

I bought an Epi Crestwood with a headstock repair that was every bit solid as the residue of the guitar. But it actually does depend on the luthier'due south repair quality. I'd say ask a lot of questions, go pix if you lot can't play it, and only buy if information technology's a bargain.

Mail by **needlz** » Wed Mar fourteen, 2022 12:35 am

If you're gluing end grain together, it volition break, regardless of how well it's washed. If the break is forth the grain and it tin can exist edge-joined, any wood glue will yield a bond stronger than the original woods. Yous need to come across how the crack runs along the grain.

Thu May 17, 2022 9:25 pm

I did a repair on an Epi Casino I had that fell off the stand up. Headstock broke off at/behind the nut, I thought information technology was - But the suspension was very grainy, and had a adequately large expanse (imagine one-half an X from the nut dorsum, about three" or so). Naught to lose, then I got some Elmer's Wood Glue (which dries hard as shit), slid the pieces back together and clamped it together for a twenty-four hour period or two. So I took two tiny screws and screwed them across the suspension (no idea if that was helpful, it was a scrap ugly simply seemed similar a good idea at the fourth dimension ).

Played that guitar for another 15 years without issues until I sold it to a buddy. And then yeah, information technology can work.

Post by **PublicFig** » Wed May 23, 2022 ix:58 am

I bought a guitar a year or so ago with a headstock repair (2004 Gibson Les Paul Special) that had the headstock reattached by a local guitar store that I trust. I got it for virtually half the price I would have expected, and based off of my playing, haven't noticed an consequence in the slightest. It'southward a super mutual trouble with some Gibson models, and fixing it correctly shouldn't harm annihilation (and actually helps with intonation often, surprisingly). Only real concerns are how well of a job was washed and aesthetic concerns from my perspective.

Post by **jkjelec** » Lord's day May 27, 2022 10:46 am

I have a 1971 ish Les Paul that fell off it'southward stand, and I heard the dreaded "ping" sound as the headstock snapped. Similarly to PublcFig, since it was professionally repaired it plays great, no issues, I don't even find.

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