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Old 02-02-2019, 08:18 PM
mirwa mirwa is offline
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Those necks break real easy at the heel, the manufacturer used dowels to locate the heel on the neck and as such is a very very weak point.

Remove fretboard, fit a truss rod, refit fretboard plane the neck to a better angle put new frets in, tweak the bridge height vee the feet.

If you are a carpenter and not worried about the finish, this is all basic stuff for you. Maybe 4-5 hrs of work over a few days total

Steve
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