Buying a Rick with a neck repairs?

[holty]

Would you buy a Rick which had a neck repair? Whilst on the search for my first 12 string Rick I've come across a 360/12 that has had, what looks like a serious neck repair at the heal. Seller states the repair was done professionally. It obviously priced accordingly, but is it a bad idea buying a Rick which has had neck repair?

[cjj]

You can read all about it here:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=406650

[holty]

Well that looks like the very one! Now being sold in the UK. So from the previous thread it sounds like an ok buy?

[cjj]

Yeah, I doubt it's gonna fall apart on you. You can always PM Collin for more info since he owned it when it was repaired...

[collin]

That I have, good eye CJ!


Not ony that, but I did the repair myself. I'm not a professional repairman....so I suppose it isn't "professionally repaired," but it's a very solid guitar and a deal if you can live with repairs.

I didn't do any refinishing, it was purely functional repair. The guitar had a clean break near the heel (IMO a less critical area than the usual breaking point behind the nut). I repaired the neck and filled any gaps (there were some chips in the wood) with the appropriate epoxy. It's very solid.

Good player. Larger neck profile if I recall, but it plays well and sounds good. I don't know what it is selling for you, but when I sold it...it was less than the value of its parts collectively. That's a deal!

[holty]

Many thanks Collin for the reply, this sounds like a real possibility for me. Cheers