This Gibson SG was recently brought in by one of our regular customers. He had lent it out to a touring band, while on tour, the guitar's headstock was cracked, more than likely from a drop. The touring guitar tech had tried to fix the break but this wasn't totally successful, as there was still a lot of movement in the headstock and the guitar wouldn't hold it's tuning.
This made the repair more of a challenge due to the set glue from the previous repair attempt!
This made the repair more of a challenge due to the set glue from the previous repair attempt!
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The crack was carefully separated enough for the correct glue to be injected into the crack, allowing the glue to bond the complete split rather than the front of it. It was then clamped in a certain way to ensure the split would close correctly.
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The back of the headstock was refinished, with the new lacquer blended into the existing Gibson lacquer. The front of the headstock was also as polished to remove glued finger marks from the previous repair attempt done by the guitar tech.
Once the lacquer had been given time to cure, the neck was flattened back and polished to final blend the repair work into the rest of the finish!
Once the lacquer had been given time to cure, the neck was flattened back and polished to final blend the repair work into the rest of the finish!
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All finished and returned to a happy and very relieved customer!
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