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Okay then, the one solid body I owned the longest of all my guitars is my 1989 Squier Stratocaster lovingly nicknamed the "Veteran". Of which I bought new back in 1991. I have since gigged the crap out that guitar and modified it beyond recognition. Prior to today the "Veteran" looked like this
But I had it in mind to restore the old girl back to Strat hood, I took out the double locking bridge and the soapbar and replaced them with the proper strat set up and vibrato next on the list was the fitting of a proper squier strat neck, an eighties squier neck to be exact. One of my gear buddies told me that he had a 1985 neck lying around but it had a broken headstock. "Nothing I can't fix" I tell him and I took the neck with me. and for your amusement I documented the fix of that neck.
The break from the side
The break from the front
These two pictures show the extend of the break and they also show the piece of maple I used to fix it. I cleaned up the break by gently sawing off the splinter pieces and planed it with some 180 flint paper.
glueing the new piece of wood to the headstock
Here's the headstock in the clamps with the new piece of maple in place while the Construction Tix is drying. Construction tix is really cool stuff. We use it a lot if we need to fix something quickly but securely.
Here's the headstock after the glue has dried. ready for shaping.
The headstock after shaping and after I drilled the holes for the E, A and D tuners
and from the front
Finally, here's the headstock after I stained the new piece of maple I glued onto it.
Now I need to work on finishing it. That split between the E and A tuner holes looks worse than it actually is, you don't even notice it when the tuners are in place.
But I had it in mind to restore the old girl back to Strat hood, I took out the double locking bridge and the soapbar and replaced them with the proper strat set up and vibrato next on the list was the fitting of a proper squier strat neck, an eighties squier neck to be exact. One of my gear buddies told me that he had a 1985 neck lying around but it had a broken headstock. "Nothing I can't fix" I tell him and I took the neck with me. and for your amusement I documented the fix of that neck.
The break from the side
The break from the front
These two pictures show the extend of the break and they also show the piece of maple I used to fix it. I cleaned up the break by gently sawing off the splinter pieces and planed it with some 180 flint paper.
glueing the new piece of wood to the headstock
Here's the headstock in the clamps with the new piece of maple in place while the Construction Tix is drying. Construction tix is really cool stuff. We use it a lot if we need to fix something quickly but securely.
Here's the headstock after the glue has dried. ready for shaping.
The headstock after shaping and after I drilled the holes for the E, A and D tuners
and from the front
Finally, here's the headstock after I stained the new piece of maple I glued onto it.
Now I need to work on finishing it. That split between the E and A tuner holes looks worse than it actually is, you don't even notice it when the tuners are in place.
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