Broken headstock Epiphone G400

[Tex]

I have an Epiphone G400 with a broken headstock, which I don't think I'm game enough to try to repair, I was wondering if someone on the forum is interested in swapping for it? Generally in good nick, apart from the break.
Grover tuners, mahogany body/neck. Has non-original TOM bridge and no bridge humbucker but can swap these back in if needed - currently in another guitar.
Pics attached. Would look at pedals, kits et cetera, not really sure how to value it. Located in Tassie, but obviously willing to post.
Cheers!

[KurtSlash123]

Tex you want to have a chat to stan mate, he did a headstock repair similiar to this. He did a great job at fixing it too, wouldn't be able to tell it was even broken if you saw it. Yours might be repairable too if your willing to give it a go. So long as your truss rod has snapped it should be okay I would think.

[dingobass]

Would you be interested in sending it to me so I can do a repair thread for the forum?

If you are willing to pay postage I will fix it for you for nil, nuthin, nada, FREE :)

[wokkaboy]

wow that's a generous offer DB. Tex I'd take him up on that in a heartbeat
You have been a member for 2 years and your first post !

[Tex]

Would you be interested in sending it to me so I can do a repair thread for the forum?

If you are willing to pay postage I will fix it for you for nil, nuthin, nada, FREE :)
Wow DB, that would actually be amazing! Depending on how much postage comes out to be, and my financial position at the time, I'd be happy to chuck you some money towards it too.


wow that's a generous offer DB. Tex I'd take him up on that in a heartbeat
You have been a member for 2 years and your first post !
Certainly is generous! I knew he was a top bloke, but that's just going above and beyond!
Yep, I've been a member for ages, and actually partially completed a kit last year, then sold it to a guy I knew to finish up, so didn't end up posting a build diary. More of a lurker than poster in most guitar-related forums, primarily been keeping an eye on the builds others have done here - but I should stay on topic.

[dingobass]

Its more about the oppourtunity to show the forum peeps how to repair this type of break than it is about money.
Also, I love a challenge... :)

Flick me your email addy to dingobass@pitbullguitars.com and we can talk Epi Rescue.

[Tex]

Its more about the oppourtunity to show the forum peeps how to repair this type of break than it is about money.
Also, I love a challenge... :)

Flick me your email addy to dingobass@pitbullguitars.com and we can talk Epi Rescue.
Definitely admirable, and it's a forum resource that I'm sure people will appreciate anyway - I can't be the first person to be more keen to strap on a neck-heavy guitar than to wait a few days on straplocks. I'll flick an email your way in a minute.

[dingobass]

Its a common problem with Epis..
My Epi Thunderbird was a real biartch for the head dive, soon fixed that by moving the strap button..

[stan]

you are on a winner with DB fixing it.
Mine turned out OK (thanks for the kind words Kurt), see the link below in my signature.

all the best with it

[Tex]

you are on a winner with DB fixing it.
Mine turned out OK (thanks for the kind words Kurt), see the link below in my signature.

all the best with it

Thanks! Definitely more confident in DB getting a good result out than me, so worth the cost of shipping it back and forth, and hopefully a second headstock repair reference on the forums will be helpful to anyone who ends up in the same position.
I did actually have a look at your thread earlier, if I thought I could get as smooth a result out I'd likely have already done it by now!

[stan]

thanks mate, I think I did the glue up once, filled it about 4 times before I got it close enough, painted it two or three times and got the clear right first time.

So it was a good result, but I learnt a lot along the way.

The thing is to use a simple tried method and not play around with it.

The bit I am proud of is that I preserved the original headstock decal , left it in place and didn't damage it and still blended the repair in

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj128/louisruby/Guitar/Epiphone%20LP/063.jpg (http://s271.photobucket.com/user/louisruby/media/Guitar/Epiphone%20LP/063.jpg.html)

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj128/louisruby/Guitar/Epiphone%20LP/003-4.jpg (http://s271.photobucket.com/user/louisruby/media/Guitar/Epiphone%20LP/003-4.jpg.html)

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj128/louisruby/Guitar/Epiphone%20LP/031.jpg (http://s271.photobucket.com/user/louisruby/media/Guitar/Epiphone%20LP/031.jpg.html)

[stan]

DB will do an awesome job, and I'll see how it should have been done....

[Gavin1393]

DB to the rescue!
Very common issue as DB has suggested. A thread will help out many who discover this problem. As a mate who owns a prominent music store told me, a customer brought his Epi in, some 6 weeks old, swore blind to him that the headstock just flew off the neck all by itself. It was there in the music room up against the wall all the time, no one had touched it...he wanted a full refund.
That was until the little voice of his daughter standing beside him fessed up "Daddy, I'm sorry, but I knocked your guitar over by mistake...."

[dingobass]

Nice one Stan :)

You got off lightly with that break, usually they look more like Tex's....

One question though, is that a trick of light or is that paint I see that had seeped into the scarf joint?
If it is paint, Epi should be ashamed for letting that pass QC before it hit the paint shop......

[keloooe]

One question though, is that a trick of light or is that paint I see that had seeped into the scarf joint?
If it is paint, Epi should be ashamed for letting that pass QC before it hit the paint shop......

Good, I'm not the only one who noticed it! The repair does look repairable, might need some filler and a touchup on the paint, but surely DB will do a magnificent job at getting the neck back into playable status. Or just turn it into a headless and the balance issues are then solved :D

[stan]

Nice one Stan :)

You got off lightly with that break, usually they look more like Tex's....

One question though, is that a trick of light or is that paint I see that had seeped into the scarf joint?
If it is paint, Epi should be ashamed for letting that pass QC before it hit the paint shop......

thanks DB.
There is no paint in the scarf joint.
No it's the depth of the finish they put on it, the grey area is paint on the headstock that has chipped diagonally through the paint layer it was so thick.
If you check out the first page of the Epi fix thread, some of the other pics show it better.

[dingobass]

Ahhhh, it was a trick of the light :)