OK, what say ye on this Les Paul headstock repair...

[sneakyjapan]

[Telenator]

As long as he put a couple biscuits in there for strength, I'd say it's a very nice job.

If it's a vintage instrument, I might have gone a little further in matching the cosmetics but mechanically it looks to be sturdy and sound.

The contours are all beautifully blended. The color match is very good and the repair looks smooth. A real nice job.

[F1rocco]

Looks great....

Ill have to see if I can pic of my decapitated LP......Made for a cheap fix and saved a ton of money.....Mine is the worn brown

[sneakyjapan]

should say...I didn`t do the repair...it`s on a guitar I bought yesterday at the local new years sale.　I wonder if it isn`t stronger now as thats is often a weak point on Gibsons. The price was just too good to pass on after I saw how well done I thought the repair was, just looking for opinions on it from folks who have more experience with such things.

[chet]

Good!

[JimiBryant]

looks way better than my Les Paul Deluxe's headstock fix.

of course I knocked mine over last year and re-broke the headstock
'cuz I'm a stupid clumsy ********

still totally bummed about that smooth move.

[holndav]

+1

Looks good to me

[J. Hayes]

I've never checked the Gibsons but some of the Epiphones including a cherry sunburst one that I bought came that way brand new. I went back to Guitar Center when I noticed mine and looked and saw a couple more with that same look. Next time I'm in there I'll look at the Gibsons and see if they're made that way too...........JH in Va.

[Tim Armstrong]

Yeah, I'm thinking the same thing, that it's just a different piece of wood. Really good neck repairs are usually either invisible (as the wood fibers get fitted back together) or jagged from a bad break. That looks more like two different pieces of wood...

Cheers, Tim

[Sarge]

One of the better ones I've seen....it would'nt stop me from buying it.

[Pete Galati]

It looks well done, but I don't understand why he added wood covering the break. That I don't like.

As long as you got it for a better price that a Les Paul without a neck repair, and it's a good player, you probably did ok.

[Tim Armstrong]

I'm saying I don't think it's a repair at all, I think it's a guitar neck made that way, with wood added during construction.

Cheers, Tim

[sneakyjapan]

theres no crack and the break, if it is one, did not go all the through the neck, looks to be a piece of wood that was added, it`s less than 1/8 of an inch thick. The more I look at it the more it appears to me it was done at the factory and now evidently others like it have been seen. Whatever it is...I just couldn`t resisit it at $950.oo...they had it at $2000. oo two weeks ago and even then it was 50% list but I wasn`t willing to pay that much for it...$950.oo was more reasonable and even if I decide to sell it over here I`d get more than I paid, they are mad for Gibsons in Japan...but after a couple of days playing it, don`t think I can let it go now. Ain`t GAS a terrible thing.
Heres a full frontal of the guitar...

[Unseen]

So, you tried to turn it into a soprano guitar by tuning it 2 octaves higher and then the headstock broke? LOL

[Tim Armstrong]

Originally Posted by sneakyjapan

theres no crack and the break, if it is one, did not go all the through the neck, looks to be a piece of wood that was added, it`s less than 1/8 of an inch thick. The more I look at it the more it appears to me it was done at the factory and now evidently others like it have been seen. Whatever it is...I just couldn`t resisit it at $950.oo...they had it at $2000. oo two weeks ago and even then it was 50% list but I wasn`t willing to pay that much for it...$950.oo was more reasonable and even if I decide to sell it over here I`d get more than I paid, they are mad for Gibsons in Japan...but after a couple of days playing it, don`t think I can let it go now. Ain`t GAS a terrible thing.
Heres a full frontal of the guitar...

Damn, and me without my drool cup!!!!

Sweet!!!

Cheers, Tim

[Pete Galati]

Nice top!

[marquis de jonny]

sneaky,

that's a gorgeous looking les paul, and for a great price! is it a historic? i wouldn't be at all worried about that headstock join. it looks solid, and if it means you got an amazing deal, vive la difference!

i'm turning flame-green with envy...

[sneakyjapan]

Originally Posted by marquis de jonny

sneaky,

that's a gorgeous looking les paul, and for a great price! is it a historic? i wouldn't be at all worried about that headstock join. it looks solid, and if it means you got an amazing deal, vive la difference!

i'm turning flame-green with envy...

I think it`s what was sold over here as a Class 5 Les Paul...someone wrote LP5+ in the p`up cavity and the check card also has that written on it...at the time I believe it meant the series had 5 A tops...which sparked a debate as to the classification of figured wood, that it was not universal and different companies have different ways to classify figured wood. I classified this one as gorgeous regardless of how many "A"s one wants to add...or subtract.
First guitar with fret end binding too...and never thought it would make such a difference. I was looking at a bunch of LP double cutaways at the same shop this past summer but they all had very rough, almost unfinished feeling fret ends on em and I was real disappointed...this one doesn`t have that problem.

[marquis de jonny]

who cares how the company classifies it. that's one friggin' gorgeous guitar!

great buy. well done, congratulations, omedetou, and all that. enjoy it, you lucky dog.

cheers, man.