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Although the subject matter is the same;
these videos will cover every possible case scenario
from a split to a completely severed headstock.
Enjoy !
Michael
Neck Surgery Kit
#lespaulneck
3 more NSK's ....
Play by Play Neck Surgery
( link below )
Setting up the NSK
Why Guitar Necks Break
These videos ( above and below ) are
current examples of
"worst case scenario "
Neck surgery candidates.
A fully detailed, step-by-step,
instructional video with
accompanying booklet,
is supplied to
all who have purchased the
Neck Surgery Kit.
If you are interested in buying
NSK and support material contact:
mcconvilleguitars@gmail.com
Gibson SG.
Final rub-out,
before assembly
This ( below ) was the initial break.
Sorry for the fuzzy photo ... an I-phone camera.
I also fabricated an intonated nut,
for this Gibson SG,
after the neck surgery was completed.
Here it is ...
after slicing splicing , shading and top coat.
All that is left is final rub-out and assembly.
Here is another shot of the finished repair.
It is always more of a challenge when we are
dealing with a see-through finish as
opposed to a solid ( opaque ) black or white etc...
Darcy did his magic,
and blended it in perfectly !
This is the start of the Gibson nut removal.
Sometimes it'll come out like a
broken impacted wisdom tooth ... lol !
Other times it'll come out in one piece.
Most importantly; in every case,
I got the nut out without removing any wood or lacquer.
Super-clean extraction ... every time !
Feb / 2015
Jeff Rice is a full time super-pro Guitar Technician,
that runs his business down in Atlanta Georgia.
Jeff received his TechDeck and " Neck Surgery Kit " March 2014.
Hi Michael. Good to hear from you. I’m loving the Neck Surgery Jig. I’ve done 5 neck surgeries in the last 6 months. Works like a charm. One customer took his ES-339 that I had just completed, to a gig that night, and had it on his guitar stand plugged in. He tripped over the cord and the guitar went face first onto the stage (the same way he broke it originally) but this time it didn’t break. It’s stronger after the surgery.
Hope all is well up north.
Jeff
This Level 2 Group,
( June 2014 ) completed
6 Neck Surgeries
during the first 4 classes
Hi Michael
Thanks for sending me the video. Very well done.
I've been using the TechDeck almost daily for the past 4 weeks.
Tony Spina ( London, Ontario March 20th 2015 )
Hi Michael,
Great video! The Tech deck is a work of genius!
All the best
Bernie Funston
Funston Guitars
Hi Michael,
Great to hear from you, our tech deck is going great, earning us money and still as good as new (maybe a layer or two of sawdust)
The Guitar Repair Workshop Ltd
c/o Professional Music Technology
Red Rose Retail Park,
Regent Road,
Salford
Manchester
M5 3GR
c/o Professional Music Technology
Red Rose Retail Park,
Regent Road,
Salford
Manchester
M5 3GR
Great video, Michael. Nice guitar playing as well! We are loving our TechDeck, it’s paid for itself with the neck surgery jig. I LOVE that thing.It recently came in handy in re-binding a Gretsch Country Gentleman. The TechDeck could hold the instrument in virtually any position I needed which made it a lot easier to work, especially in scraping off all that nasty crumbling binding. It’s also great for holding a guitar for routing.
I expect you to have great success if you are marketing this for the public. It really is a great tool.
Peace,
Jeff Rice
Intown Guitar Repair
Atlanta, GA USA
The "spline template" ( above ), is much thinner than the
elliptical dado cut. This allows you to do a "visual check"
before you trace the shape onto the full size spline.
This way we guarantee 100% contact along the length of the cut,
BEFORE it is glued into place ;^ )
4 necks sliced and spliced in a day
BC Rich / Gibson / Epiphone / Guild headstocks
These jobs alone,
were enough to cover the cost of
the Neck Surgery Kit,
the TechDeck Workstation
+ shipping.... !
Super Pro Guitar Technician,
Steve Curtis ( Manchester UK )
completed over 20 LP neck surgeries
in a 4 month period between March
and June 2014 !
The best part of this deal, is that
all of these customers got the
perfect neck restoration for
a fraction of the cost of a replacement neck.
The length / depth / and placement
of the splines is adjusted to address
the worst section of the break.
Overlooking this long-grain-
to-long-grain contact,
is the most common mistake
made by novices,
attempting to do
this type of repair.
Short-grain-to-short-grain gluing ,
is like trying to glue two popsicle sticks
together, end-to-end.
When you drop a plunge router
into the back of the neck,
and cut a straight line ( no elliptical curved cut )
and pull it up and out at the end of the cut;
you have just made the neck weaker than
it was before the initial damage !
Please read through this post carefully.
Many of the spline repairs that I see online
are done incorrectly and will actually
reduce the structural integrity
of the neck, drastically !
With this NSK, the router
sweeps in at "0" ( the outside of the finished surface),
then sweeps down deeply,
into the worst part of the break,
then sweeps up and exits at "0"
(the outside of the finished surface), on the
opposite end of the cut.
This guarantees 100% long grain-to-long-grain
contact on ALL 3 sides of the splines' mated glued surfaces.
By introducing these splines, the"wood grain
is now confused"; there is no longer a break line
( or grain line ) for the initial crack to follow.
This is why laminated necks rarely break,
in comparison to one piece solid wood necks.
Tele's and Strat's necks are one piece necks,
BUT
... #1 They are Maple ( as opposed to Mahogany )
#2 They do not tilt back at the headstock
to create the weak spot
that is created in the LP style neck.
#3 They rarely break ...
even if you make a deliberate effort to break them.
Try and break a Strat headstock over your knee ...
you'd be going in for knee surgery
long before THAT neck would break.
After breaking for the 3rd time !!!
The neck surgery restoration was the only option.
First pic .
This is what it looked like when it came into the shop.
This is what it looked like when it came into the shop.
This is exactly why I spent a full year developing,
refining and perfecting the NSK and restoration procedure.
Once this repair was done properly, the neck
is still going strong, after years of use.
The rest of the play by play pictures and written tutorials
have gone out to all who bought NSK this time around.
I flip the guitar up like this
to let the hide glue flow into the break.
Neck Surgery Kit includes ...
Multi-Adjustable Aluminum Jig +
CNC'd Hardwood Router Sled
( Router not included )
$315.00
Free Shipping for Canada
+ Continental USA.
( Please inquire for International Shipping Rates )
This kit will help you
to execute these jobs ....
Fast Fast Fast !
Safe Safe Safe !
Easy Easy Easy !
With the combination
of the NSK and the TechDeck,
this will become such a routine task
for all of you Pro-Guitar Techs,
that you will continually flip over
the price of your TechDeck and the NSK,
the entire investment;
every 3 or four jobs .... ;^ )
The customers will love you for saving "their babies",
by doing a great job / at a great price.
Everybody wins !
The universal design of the
"TechDeck / NSK combination"
will have you setup to handle
pretty well ANY broken guitar neck.
The Hardwood Router Sled
is engineered to fit
a Bosch Colt palm router
( router not included )
( router not included )
Contact:
info@techdeckworkstations.com
This page is dedicated to my GRAD students,
TechDeck owners,
and the countless customers who have arrived
at my workshop door over the years;
completely devastated, by a broken headstock
on their beloved Les Paul's.
After a couple of years of Design / Research / and Refinement,
I now have the answer to this "all too common" scenario.
The "Neck Surgery Jig" slides onto
the upper neck platform of the TechDeck.
With this continuous,
un-interrupted cut,
un-interrupted cut,
we have 100%
" long-grain to long-grain"
contact
on all gluing surfaces.
" long-grain to long-grain"
contact
on all gluing surfaces.
The common "start and stop-cut"
that I have seen done on
this type of repair in the past,
creates a weak end-grain to
end-grain glue joint
at the beginning and
end of the router cut.
that I have seen done on
this type of repair in the past,
creates a weak end-grain to
end-grain glue joint
at the beginning and
end of the router cut.
This method, when done properly,
will give you a neck that is
much stronger than the original.
4 necks sliced and spliced in one day
BC Rich / Gibson / Epiphone / Guild headstocks
Ch-Ching $$$ .... Ch-Ching $$$ ...
just paid for the Neck Surgery Kit,
the TechDeck Workstation
+ shipping.... in a days work !
All four of these customers got
the "deal of a lifetime" too !
A completely restored neck,
that is twice as strong,
as the day it left the factory !
The long elliptical slice on either side of the truss rod
and the corresponding splines that are glued in,
will yield a neck that is stronger than the original.
In most cases, after professional finishing
and touch up, this repair job is
essentially undetectable.
and the corresponding splines that are glued in,
will yield a neck that is stronger than the original.
In most cases, after professional finishing
and touch up, this repair job is
essentially undetectable.
By "confusing the grain orientation of the neck wood"
with the splines; the break no longer has an
uninterrupted wood grain to follow.
Slicing and splicing 4 broken necks,
completing a fret job on a Taylor acoustic,
completing a compensated nut and re-fret
on a maple neck Tele, a partial refret
on an American Jazz Bass,
gluing up a separated acoustic
guitar back and more ++ ..
all in a days work :^ )
all in a days work :^ )
This Gretsch guitar was destined for the garbage can.
( a very nasty break )
( a very nasty break )
When we were finished, it was ready for the showroom.
For a completely different type
of headstock repair go here:
The asymmetrical, elliptical arch on the aluminum jig,
allows the operator to splice any tilted guitar headstock.
Guitar headstocks generally tilt back from the plane of the fingerboard
by 11-17 degrees. The elliptical arch of the jigs' large U-channel,
is shallower on one end and deeper on the other.
This allows for any degree of tilt to be
sliced and spliced; cleanly, safely and consistently.
