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Old 01-09-2017, 07:43 AM
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I agree splines are the exception rather than the rule. If it's a simple break then keep it simple. I've done well over one hundred of these kinds of repairs and not once have I ever seen one fail. It's a actually a simple fix.

I have in the past used CA. In fact I was just looking yesterday at one of my own guitars that I repaired with CA about 20 years ago still gong strong. CA has it's problems though, in particular with application and clean up, so it's not really a good choice imho. Titebond is an excellent choice for these repairs and it can even be diluted up to 10% so you can get it deep inside tight cracks.

Epoxy is only necessary when there is severe damage as in the pictures B. Howard showed where there are splinters everywhere and you are going to really need to fill in areas.

If it's like the picture that Sperry posted then just use Titebond
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