Hey brains trust,
So I've just had a guy drop off a rather battle worn Cort semi hollow body guitar. I think it's a copy of an ES-335?
Anyway, he's finding that it flexes a lot when he plays it. I've had a bit of a play and it certainly does seem kind of soft, you can certainly de-tune it by pulling back on the neck a bit.
I'm just wondering if anyone else has come across this and thoughts on a fix?
There is certainly a bit of cracking around the neck joint, but it doesn't appear to get worse when I manipulate the neck, but I guess that's the obvious point that might be causing problems.
Does anyone know what the neck joint actually looks like where it attaches? Would it be a dove tail?
It also looks like the board has dried out and the frets are attempting to push through the binding.
Some pics, just after any thoughts people might have. Not entirely sure it's worth the effort to try and fix, but it's been left here indefinitely to see if I can do anything with it...