Truss rod broke through the rear of neck.
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 8:36 pm
My first guitar I built in 1982. Rickenbacker 320 style. All hand tools.
As it was drying, hanging from the rafters, the rope was caught and when I shook it loose, it slipped and bounced off of the hook at the end of the rope. It landed on its tail end, bounced and landed again on the fingerboard face.
The fingerboard came loose at the fist three frets so I glued it up and when I used clamps, I over-tightened one and caused the read of the neck to give way over the truss rod and it broke though.
It's been this way for 40 years. Now I want to fix it.
My plan is to route/chisel away some of the neck on both sides of the truss rod at the first three frets, cut a piece of maple, slot it to go over the truss rod, gluing it to the neck. I'll need to take away some wood to give the piece some new surface, so I'll widen the new glue area. It will end up having a hump to beef up that part of the rear of the neck.
Anyone have this repair before?
Thank you for any help,
Mike
As it was drying, hanging from the rafters, the rope was caught and when I shook it loose, it slipped and bounced off of the hook at the end of the rope. It landed on its tail end, bounced and landed again on the fingerboard face.
The fingerboard came loose at the fist three frets so I glued it up and when I used clamps, I over-tightened one and caused the read of the neck to give way over the truss rod and it broke though.
It's been this way for 40 years. Now I want to fix it.
My plan is to route/chisel away some of the neck on both sides of the truss rod at the first three frets, cut a piece of maple, slot it to go over the truss rod, gluing it to the neck. I'll need to take away some wood to give the piece some new surface, so I'll widen the new glue area. It will end up having a hump to beef up that part of the rear of the neck.
Anyone have this repair before?
Thank you for any help,
Mike