Repair head break
Breaking the headstock of a guitar is always going to be a fairly traumatic experience for a musician. However, don’t panic! All breaks can be fixed, the only question is; How neatly will the break go back together and what, if any, additional strength needs to be built into the area of the break?
Most head breaks will glue back together neatly and provide enough integral strength to avoid further complication. In these cases, the only question is as to how far we go to cosmetically hide the damage. If the join is clean and discreet we may suggest not to carry out any lacquer work to hide the join. If the damage has been more disruptive then there is always the option to carry out some lacquer work to hide the damage.
There are some breaks which once glued back together will require further reinforcement, either due to the nature of the initial break or due to material and integral strength having been lost. In these cases, we will work suggest options for how much material needs to be introduced and to what extent the changes can be superficially hidden.
Repair neck break
Despite many claims to the contrary, you don’t need to replace your neck if it suffers a full or partial break. There are few if any cases where a replacement neck is either practically or financially sensible. Due to the naturally variable nature of this type of damage, any breaks would be quoted for individually and would include the option of further cosmetic lacquer work to hide damaged areas.
Crack/break
Cracks and breaks on solid body guitars whilst uncommon are not impossible and were encountered, they can usually be fixed relatively easily. For the moment we’ll focus on hollow and semi-hollow instruments as these are much more likely to encounter body cracks/breaks and have the potential for additional issues as a result of damage.
Cracks can be superficial appearing in only the finish, can be partial, or can run the entire way through the top, back or sides of an instrument. the method of repairing the crack will depend on the degree of movement if any and the material to be repaired. In addition to the crack itself, we would look for any additional damage which could have occurred as a result. Some cracks will require additional patching on the inside of the instrument in order to provide additional strength to the damaged area. Any patching would be made of light weight and strong spruce material the grain of which would run counter to the grain of the material it is glued to. The patches themselves being very thin and tapered at all edges, provide minimal alteration to the response of the instrument whilst greatly increasing the strength under stress of the previously damaged area.
In the event of a full break, we would look first to secure the area by joining each of the pieces back together. Once the break is back in one piece we will look where required to strengthen any joins with the addition of internal patching.
Finally, any cosmetic repairs can be dealt with should there be any color or lacquer loss.
Strut repair
The struts glued to the top, back and sides of an acoustic instrument provide essential support to the instrument. When damaged or forced off the instrument is susceptible to unwanted movement and further damage. Wherever possible we will always repair broken strutting in situ to avoid disruption at all times.
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