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  1. mseals

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    #1 mseals, Jan 2, 2013
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    Had to send the Les Paul in to a Luthier to fix.

    An unfortunate stage accident ended with it having a cracked Head stock. It also needed a fret job, a new nut to replace the crappy plastic one (why they put a plastic nut on a Custom Shop Custom, I'll never know), and the pickup selector switch was acting up (not wanting to stay in the "Treble" position.

    She's looking sharp now.

    My Luthier color matched the break so it's like it never happened, re-fretted it, and put a 12000 grit polished bone nut on, and replaced the selector switch.

    On her way back to Kuwait tomorrow.... Sweet!

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  3. GrayTA

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    #3 GrayTA, Jan 2, 2013
    Wow, pretty guitar!!!

    Glad it was able to be repaired.




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    #4 texasmr2, Jan 2, 2013
    Looks as if the neck was stepped on during a thrash?
     
  5. mseals

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    #5 mseals, Jan 2, 2013
    No......LOL....

    It was much simpler than that... My bass player accidentally bumped it out of the guitar stand, and it fell forward, face first.

    The stress on the neck from the string tension and the reverse stress from the tension rod is a fine balance. The fall caused that fine balance to ...errr... lose balance, and the crack resulted.

    Looks like he did a good job repairing it, and matching the paint. It's a 2004 Custom Shop guitar and the paint job has yellowed somewhat since new. So, he had to play with the color to match it up.

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    #6 wahoowa, Jan 2, 2013
    Ouch, Mike! Glad to see she's gonna be back in action soon! As said before, a beautiful guitar, there's just something about white custom LPs :)
     
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    #7 Blue@Heart, Jan 2, 2013
    Looks great Mike! :)

    Do you mind if I ask what that cost to repair and get the work done? I know finacial stuff tends to be a touchy subject around here, but I ask as I've got a couple guitars here that need work. One is almost unplayable it's so dissapointing how the action is, intonation WAY out, etc.

    Problem is I have no idea what a proper setup costs (not the fly-by-night guy at the local music store).

    Also, at the risk of sounding dismissive did he basically just inject some glue in there and clamp up, then paint? Or is there more to a repair like that? I'm genuinly curious. Obviously knowing what technique to use when is a big portion of the skill set there :)
     
  8. wsaraceni

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    #8 wsaraceni, Jan 2, 2013
    looks like a clean break and an easy repair. great job.

    did you send it back to the US to get repaired? I wonder if gil yaron does repairs. he makes some amazing les paul replicas and is relatively close to there(compared to the US)
     
  9. mseals

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    #9 mseals, Jan 2, 2013
    No problem.

    Fret job, switch replacement and bone nut was $350, repair to the headstock was $150, and return shipping is $100 (with insurance at $4K).

    As far as I know, that's exactly how he repaired it? I have no idea what glue he used.

    Mike
     
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    #10 mseals, Jan 2, 2013
    Exactly what he said. Clean break equals easy repair. I did send it back to the US, to a guy I know. I don't know of Gil Yaron. Who is he?

    Mike
     
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    #11 UroTrash, Jan 2, 2013
    Glad it could be fixed.

    I bet that was a sickening feeling when you picked it up off the floor.
     
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    #12 wsaraceni, Jan 2, 2013
    gil yaron is a guy from israel i believe. he "clones" classis les pauls, telecasters, etc. making just about all of it himself.

    check out this thread if you have a week or two to waste. http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-depot/194271-1959-les-paul-build.html

    they are very pricey though. $10k+

    besides a few vintage pieces i've played. the gil yaron and gustavsson bluesmaster were the best 2 LP style guitars i've played.

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  13. tomkatf

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    #13 tomkatf, Jan 2, 2013
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    Typical Gibson headstock break... Ironically will be stronger after the repair... I have
    a Firebird and LP TV with similar breaks and never a problem after the repair...

    My luthier
    is kind of old school though... (JK!)

    Best,
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    #14 mseals, Jan 2, 2013
    Oh, you have no idea. I knew, as soon as I heard it hit the floor that something was broken. And, it was just minutes before the gig started. I picked it up, saw the break, and put it in the case. Benji, my bass played was almost physically ill.

    But, you know... We've had the band for over four years, and this is the first "major" accident. Like I told the guys ... Just the cost of doing business.

    Mike
     
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    #15 Mrpbody44, Jan 2, 2013
    Nice job and not too expensive for the work done.
     
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    #16 mseals, Jan 2, 2013
    Not really any way to get anything to Israel from here, or to get it back.

    :D

    My laptop is in for repair, so I'm on my iPad. I'll look those up when I'm on a "real" computer.

    Mike
     
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    #17 mseals, Jan 2, 2013
    Steve, I thought was very reasonable. I'll have it back in a couple of weeks. Can't wait!

    Mike
     
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    #18 DesertDawg, Jan 2, 2013
    There is always ONE major problem after even the best of that kind of repair... it cuts the resale value of the guitar in half. If Mike's main objective for that axe is as a gigging tool, then that's probably not a major concern for him, though.

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    #19 wsaraceni, Jan 2, 2013
    hahaha. hadn't thought about that. was just thinking of geographical location.
     
  20. mseals

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    #20 mseals, Jan 2, 2013
    Neil's spot on. I don't buy any instrument to sit in the case, or for 'investment.' we use the instruments, and in spite of the repair, I'll bet it will still sound like an LP should.

    Mike
     
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    #21 darth550, Jan 2, 2013
    Say "hi" to Lex for me, wouldja? :)
     
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    :D
     
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    #23 DesertDawg, Jan 2, 2013
    Lex Luthier? Is he the guy that builds guitars out of Kryptonite?

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    #24 darth550, Jan 2, 2013
    Refrettably, yeah...
     
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    #25 DesertDawg, Jan 2, 2013
    Refrettably? I'm afraid that's a bridge too far.

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