Failure Analysis

gitnoob · #1 05-20-2011, 10:54 PM

eBay is a great place to view some broken guitars, and I find it interesting to think about how they failed.

1967 Martin:

What do you think? Trauma? What sort of force would break the neck block loose from the top?

Kitchen Guitars · #2 05-21-2011, 04:59 AM

It fell backward and hit a hard wall in the way down. If the head is not damaged then the neck hit solid first. Thats my guess

Gardman · #3 05-21-2011, 01:17 PM

Being left in a hot car... see Frank Ford's comments re: this repair:
http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/Luth...btopcrack.html

Neal · #4 05-21-2011, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gardman

Being left in a hot car... see Frank Ford's comments re: this repair:
http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/Luth...btopcrack.html

Wow, back in 1988 or so, I left a Guild D66 in my car in the case on a hot day. Came back and the glue had failed, but not to this extent! All I had was really, really high action. I forget the fix, but at the time it was around a hundred if I remember correctly.

Brackett Instruments · #5 05-21-2011, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gardman

Being left in a hot car... see Frank Ford's comments re: this repair:
http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/Luth...btopcrack.html

Gardman's right, I'd bet it was left in a hot car.