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Update: Thanks to all who weighed in! I went with: 1. a 5/16 lag screw with hex head (especially since extracting one of the screws was impossible!). That was 5 inches long with a neat fitting washer under the fingerboard. 2. glue: lots of gorilla brand wood glue around the break and in the upper pa...

Since this neck has already been boogered it will take some ingenuity to make it work again. Dowels are NOT the answer! You may need to make a new heel, and a well fitting glue joint is preferable to a mess with dowels. Splines are usually stronger than dowels.[/quote] Thanks, Michael! The fingerboa...

Hi, If you can give me ANY advice on this repair it is very welcome. I am new to this kind of repair; I have never worked with hide glue; I plan to use the instrument as a beginner. The repair by previous owner has parted and the neck was held by the tension in two deck screws inserted alongside a s...