The bass plays beautifully and im already in love with it, but the cracks worry me a bit. I just bought a 1997 american stratocaster on ebay. Opinion on a recent guitar purchase, neck joint cracks. Were going to start with some relatively straightforward stuff. I posted about this in another thread but since that has sunk somewhere on page 14124 already, i decided to make my own thread for this. I clamped a board into my repair vise, running parallel to the floor. Pop your guitar in its case or on a secure hanger and you reduce your chances of breaking your head. It looks like 34 mm in depth wise from the tuning peg hole. The finish is definitely damaged, but it looks like a hairline crack in the. It developed into a full crack and i had to send it back for repairs. How to repair hairline cracks around strat neck pocket.
Im currently watching this guitar on ebay, just im concerned as it has a hairline neck pocket crack. If you were to hold the guitar in playing position. The price list how much will it cost to fix my guitar. Beware of strat neck pocket cracks guitarnutz 2 guitar nuts 2.
It had a big crack but luckily my guitar had a really thick finish so it was only a finish crack. This isnt necessarily an indication of a cheap, poorly made guitar. I was wondering if any of you guys knew how much it would cost to get this repaired. Even if this is crack in the finish, isnt it very dangerous at that point in the neck since it connects the headstock and the fingerboard. A tight neck fit does not mean a good sounding guitar nor does a loose one mean the tone is going to suck. While it is difficult to tell anything from the posted pics, there is really no such thing as a finish crack on a poly finished guitar like an epi. I stopped by my local guitar shop today and fell in love with this mim stratocaster 60th anniversary edition from 2006. Also check that the neck isnt too tight in the pocket, and that it is bolted. One runs along the heel, where id imagine the neck meets the body. Ive also had at least two axis guitars with cracks. Most strats ive had have got cracks coming from the right angle on the outside of the neck pocket. If the headstock is still attached to the neck the headstock veneer often keeps it attached, gently very, very gently slacken off the strings.
I played it at the music store for hours over the course of a few weeks and thought i checked everything, but when i got home i realized some little cracks on the binding of the fretboard. Jtv89 possible neck pocket crack james tyler variax guitars. Repairing a super thin hairline crack in the neck or leave. Top cracks are tricky because thats where the most stress is applied, but.
Impacts with foreign objects whether the guitar is in its case or not will often crack necks and headstocks because of the load of string tension carried by the neck. The two on the face of the guitar between the neck pocket and the neck pickup rout are as a result of the neck being hit at the headstock and pushing the neck into the body theres not a lot of wood there and it can crack happened to my beater made no difference at all to the tuning stability of the guitar as others say, if it aint broke, dont fix, it so to speak. Bought a used schecter pt fastback and its developed these little scars near the neck pocket area. For example, good luck finding a stratocaster in any of their metallic finishes blizzard pearl or inca silver that doesnt have hairline finish cracks around the neck pocket. Buy pocket guitar practice neck, upgraded version 6 fret portable guitar chord practice tool for beginner. Sadly my beloved and first acoustic guitar took a mighty fall and has a crack at the bottom of the neck. How to reinforce a loose neck joint for better tone and sustain, guitar or bass duration. It is very important that you know how to recognize this and what to do about it should your guitar start to show these signs of dryness.
It has developed a single hairline cracks in the neck binding, one tiny crack at the outside of each fret. Beginner kits free delivery possible on eligible purchases. Its a very common thing with aanj equipped ibanez guitars, definitely not something to worry about. The guitar arrived with a hairline crack at the headstock. In this video i share my experience of neck pocket cracks focusing on a lovely old sunn mustang strat that i bought specifically because the neck pocket was so cracked the neck was practically. Lovely daphne blue color, but the seller forgot to mention that it has a pair of 12inchlong hairline cracks in the finish coming out from each corner of the neck pocket. I am indeed in love with the guitar and dont think i will ask for a refund, but a repair on the cost of the seller seems the best option to me as well.
Much less than what you would expect for a guitar that old and that cheap. What to do if you break your guitars neck guitarless. A repair that was cheap and easy to do with materials i could buy from an auto repair shop. If one is slightly higher than the other as it was on a mahogany guitar i looked at recently then theres likely the wood is cracked and there may be problems. The post reads neck crack, but you really have a hairline by the neck pocket on the body. The crack doesnt follow the wood grain, it is perpendicular and it ends with a spider end that goes like a crack on a windshield. Its likely that if you got a completely different guitar it would still look like that. A regular nonharmful finish crack aka stress crack in that area is a.
I noticed this crack at the back of the neck near the headstock. Sending back guitars because of hairline crack and neck pocket. It looks in good shape otherwise, just i dont want to bid if i might have problems later on. 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. Cracked necks and headstocks finger lakes guitar repair. Dropping the guitar in its case especially an illfitting one that allows the guitar to move around inside can do it, as can running into a mic stand or your partners guitar. Hairline neck crack guitar discussions on thefretboard. Stress crack in fender neck joint seymour duncan forum. Repair binding that is missing, cracked, disintegrating. Slight cracks in fretboard binding gibson brands forums. It is common but the only time it seems to happen with me anyways is on fenders and squiers. If your body is compressing enough to crack the paint, its also enough to warp your neck plate. Repairing a super thin hairline crack in the neck or leave as it is. So, neck pocket cracks are not innocent, as they usually say on internet.
Before even getting a neck on it, a slight hair of a crack appeared in the. The other is at the end of the fingerboard, nut under it around the 20th22nd fret. The other is at the end of the fingerboard, nut under it around the 20th22nd. Im constantly reading debates about hairline cracks in the neck pocket area of guitars. Its more or less harmless, its the wood expanding under the gloss a bit and causing it to crack, i believe its due to how thin that part of. Theres a thin crack under the guitar not far from the jack input. A few posts ago, i showed you my new strat named ray which is made from parts. Im really planning to keep this guitar, and im worried sick, i. If you buy enough electric guitars, at some point you run into that played and sounded great in the store, but then played and sounded like shit when i got it home scenario.
If theyre level then its probably just a finish crack. My 1989 ibanez rg550 has had a hairline crack running down the neck for like 45 years, during which the crack hasnt gotten any wider or longer at least as far as i can remember. It is super thin and almost invisible when looking at it. I think it was like 60 dollars but they made it almost invisible. I have discovered that i have a hairline crack in th wood of my 65 p bass neck. I do not recall any finish cracks, but neck pocket finish cracks in. Sometime during the life of an average acoustic guitar.
Can i do something to keep these from getting worse. Bolton set neck style necks and bodies guitarfetish. Hairline cracks in se245 neck official prs guitars forum. In this post, ill show you how i made the neck pocket on the lower part of the body of the guitar.
Take all the tension out of the strings, so they flop, or remove them completely. Another neck pocket crack fender stratocaster guitar forum. Just bought a guitar from one of our comrades here, and it arrived with two long. When i was selling a cheapo squier i had a guy who really wanted it but was put off by a tiny hairline crack in that area. I inspected the damaged on my malmsteen strat some of you know that a drunk decided to do a pete townsend on a few of my guitars. It was a mirror image on both the bass and the treble sides, so it opened like a hinge across the width of the neck. Posted on october 22, 20 at october 23, 2018 by doug knight. The guitar in question for this example is an epiphone les paul studio. If its of any interest, i have a new shur pro superb guitar which also has a neck pocket finish crack. A a the lengthy crack on this guitar tops lower bout is due to low humidity, but dont fretthese types of cracks can be repaired. It was clean inside and the break ran with the grain, so it. Hair line cracks in and around the neck pocket can be a sign that the guitar was dropped and took most of the impact to the neck, it dosnt mean any serious damage that would restrict of affect playing was done, just a simply a hairline crack, which are often unnoticed, however cracks in the wood could be a different story, but if it really is a hairline crack then it shouldnt be a problem. Are the sides of the crack level or is one slightly higher than the other.
Hey all, i have jackson warrior xt and it was pre owned before i had it, and i just recently noticed 2 large semideep cracks and one hairline crack a. This crack is tough to see as its nearly perfectly closed so ill save the multiple views until i spread it. Nothing to worry about, except loosen those screws. Sometime during the life of an average acoustic guitar, it will likely develop at least a small crack. Normally, that point of the neck pocket is not a load or stress bearing point. Gear almost invisible, hariline cracks in the neck pocket. Crack repair what caused my acoustic guitar to crack. I just purchased a gibson es7 custom, built in 2010. This shortish video looks at neck pocket cracks the scourge of just about all bolt necked guitars bought online. That is because poly remains more flexible than the wood, and will not crack unless there is a crack in the wood beneath it. Starting at the nut slot, the crack ran at an angle down to the 2nd fret. A washboard texture which looks somewhat like corduroy is one of the first signs of dryness. Upon receiving it i noticed two cracks, one on each side of the the neck pocket.
Position the neck on the body according to your design and align the body and neck centerlines perfectly. This shortish video looks at neck pocket cracks the scourge of just about all boltnecked guitars bought online. How to repair cracks in your acoustic guitar guitar alliance. The two on the face of the guitar between the neck pocket and the neck pickup rout are as a result of the neck being hit at the headstock and pushing the neck into the body theres not a lot of wood there and it can crack happened to my beater made no difference at all to the tuning stability of the guitar as others say. I cant really see the hairline cracks on your guitar but if they are small. I also promised to show you how i modified the neck pocket to cure a nonadjustable problem with fret buzz at. True to my nature i am going to outrage many experts with my comments yet again. On a one piece neck, as is seen on many martin and gibson guitars, cracks typically occur at the headstock because the grain orientation changes there.