Neck repair on new Epiphone Riviera

[teb]

Amazon sells it. Good stuff, and pretty non-nasty to use for a high-powered glue.
http://www.amazon.com/00203-Weldwood-Pl ... 769&sr=8-2

...and....gift wrap available!

[jingle_jangle]

Tastes great on crackers!

[teb]

Yeah, they'll stick to your....well, nevermind. Just be sure to check the fridge to see if your wife has any of that Activia yogurt before you eat the crackers. Fun with glue. Being a former sculpture major who worked with epoxy resin, I always had some with me when the band hit the road, in case a strap button pulled out or something broke. If we played a bar and didn't like them, we would occasionally epoxy an entire set of dirty glasses to one of the tables before we left with quick-set epoxy. As soon as the statute of limitations runs out, I'll tell you about the huge loaf of hide glue that we slipped into the baptismal tank at the cult next to a place where I used to work......

[johnallg]

As soon as the statute of limitations runs out, I'll tell you about the huge loaf of hide glue that we slipped into the baptismal tank at the cult next to a place where I used to work......

[sniff]

[jdogric12]

Ok... order placed... which means I sent a link to my wife and asked her to order it next time she stocks up on books to read!!! Which won't take long!!!

[jingle_jangle]

Just don't let her put it in the spice rack.

[jdogric12]

Finally ordered and received the product... just in time to go out of town for the weekend! slowly but surely... slowly but surely... this will eventually come together. Pardon the pun.

[jdogric12]

Fixed and strung up! Thanks PW!!!

[jingle_jangle]

...and I was expecting a JDog how-to!

[jdogric12]

Here is my "How to." Notice this is based on my experience, and YMMV.

Mix up just a little bit of the glue per the instructions. Salt to taste. Just kidding. Neither add salt nor eat.

Put some of the mixed paste on just one of the surfaces you plan to join. Press them together really tight and wipe away any glue that oozes out of the cracks using a damp towel, cloth, or cat. Just kidding. Do not use your cat, or your wife may stop talking to you. The cat won't be happy either.

Clamp the joined pieces into position. Reunited and it feels so good. Peaches and Herb. Recognize.

Maintain a room temperature of 70 degrees F or warmer. In the absence of a clamp, take out that stack of old school yearbooks that you were keeping, but could never figure out why. Take a moment to flip through them and wonder what in the world you were thinking wearing that haircut. The 80's: those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.

Inform your wife that the two of you will be eating dinner on the coffee table, since this will require a minimum of 15 hours to dry. Place a clean towel on the kitchen table, and place the guitar face down on the towel. Place the yearbooks on the back of the neck to hold your wood in place.

Proper positioning will vary based on where exactly your guitar is broken. I was lucky the fretboard was unharmed, and was able to lay the first fret area down on the edge of the table, so that the nut and a little daylight was hanging over the edge. The break extended from about the first fret to the second or third fret area.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention to get the nut reattached while you're gluing this stuff together. Sorry about that.

Let the stuff dry. I waited about 22 hours. I figured it can't hurt.

I strung it up and it seems to work fine. I put a little pressure on the headstock with my hand and heard it start to make a cracky noise, so I won't be gigging with this guitar, but it seems totally solid to annoy the neighbors with.

[jdogric12]

pics...

[jdogric12]

Big egg on my face.... apparently Casinos never had spruce. I have been running around misinformed, and misinforming others, for 15 years. I apologize. x1000

[jdogric12]

UPdate:

I did the repair, and sold the guitar to a co-worker. I told him everything about it, and said if it ever had problems, I'd buy it back no questions asked. A couple months later, he tells me he has to re-tune it constantly. I'm thinking I'll probably be buying it back. Could that be a result of the repair? I'm confident my work was nowhere near as good as a pro repairerer, but it seemed fine at the time.

[blueflamerick]

Is he doing shredder divebombs with that Bigsby?

[jingle_jangle]

I don't think it's necessarily the neck...I'd Check the Bigsby, the nut (binding on wound strings), the bridge (intonation) and the tuners (slipping). Also, how does he wind the strings, and does he stretch them properly when installing?

If you can't shift the neck by hand, the glue is holding.

Lots to check...