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Top and Neck Break Question Classical
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Top and Neck Break Question Classical
Hallo dear luthiers,
maybe you have some tips or opinions for a repair in my shop.
It is classical guitar with spanish heel. The neck collapsed into the soundboard. I will not be able to completely close the gaps in the soundboard by pressing. There is also a break in the foot.
Do you think it is enough to reglue the braces etc, add something under the soundboard and fill the gaps with wood filler or is it structurally neccasary to add splines?
I am looking for a solid solution, good looks are apreciated but not necassary.
Thanks in advance Jacob
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Where space and creative license allow, I glue a triangle shaped piece of a hardwood under the crack and against the neck block. This usually seems to give enough strength so that the neck doesn’t tip up and reopen the crack/s
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Thanks! that sounds like a great idea. I will give it a try 🙂
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Cut a very thin spline and stuff that into the crack, don’t glue yet if you need to stain. Then use the Ian method to sand it flush. I get mostly classicals for repair, hit me up, i hope I can help.
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<div>Thank you very much Dave and Carlos!</div>
I followed both your advices, glued a piece of soundboard under the cracks and put splines in.
It is stable and looks ok. I think the customer will be very pleased.
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Thanks for the update on the repair. Looks good!
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