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WudWerkr
PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 2:09 pm 
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Have a young Man who has brought me a Gibson J35 Acoustic Electric ... The Neck Is Twisted , and he says getting worse . I called Gibson , they wont sell me a Replacement neck . Any Suggestions ?

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ZekeM
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Make a better one! bliss


Have to try and save Gibson Logo and if that doesnt work then what .

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Can you remove the entire front of the headstock and glue it on as the faceplate on a new neck?
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Can you remove the entire front of the headstock and glue it on as the faceplate on a new neck?


Thanks

Yeah probably . Was hoping for other options to avoid building a neck

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I'm sure someone else has a better way to address the twisting. I'm just throwing out ideas.


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You can play around with heat treatment. For the cost of pulling, making , installing and setting up a new neck.....he could just buy a new one for that. Apparently he's not the original owner.
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You can play around with heat treatment. For the cost of pulling, making , installing and setting up a new neck.....he could just buy a new one for that. Apparently he's not the original owner.


Bought it second hand ... Has less than $400.00 in guitar as is

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Do something like this:

http://www.bestbassgear.com/ebass/repai ... esign.html

Just because the neck is twisted doesn't mean the guitar has to be unplayable. Just fix the string paths. bliss
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If you want to preserve the originality of the instrument as much as possible, remove the fingerboard, plane the neck true, and re-install the fingerboard. I believe I saw something like that on Frank Ford's website. At that time you could also install neck reinforcement if you think it necessary.

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If you want to preserve the originality of the instrument as much as possible, remove the fingerboard, plane the neck true, and re-install the fingerboard. I believe I saw something like that on Frank Ford's website. At that time you could also install neck reinforcement if you think it necessary.

Joe


I have suggested this , The fella says its getting worse . I have to verify that , but if it is this would be only a Temp fix . idunno

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Update , Looking down the neck from head stock , it does appear to have a slight twist . HOWEVER , when I did some checking with Parallel's its not twisted . The Bridge on the J35 is an angled bridge and the Saddle has been ground down on an angle as well " not factory " the whole thing creates an optical illusion . oops_sign

Because someone messed with the bridge the action above fret at 1st string is .040 and at 6th is . 058 and he wonders why it buzzes ... Also , whoever messed with it before loosened the truss rod nut to the point it was about to fall off ..... gaah New Saddle ordered ... Reset to proper string height and a little truss rod action and it should be in excellent shape. [:Y:]

Btw , where he had it worked on before was a "Reputable " Guitar store ... Sad

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Loose nut eh! Could say sumptin...but ....


You can say that again!

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the Padma wrote:
Loose nut eh! Could say sumptin...but ....


You can say that again!

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When I realized the whole situation , I kinda felt like the " Loose Nut" duh

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Repair done , Another satisfied customer [:Y:]

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The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
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It's great he brought it to you. Well done Wud.!
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