Gouge in neck after fretboard removal, any fix

[OldDave]

Probably the only reason I'm trying to save this guitar, side wood was just to nice to throw away. Well I'm off on a search to find out how to graft in some hog. Thanks for taking the time to look.

[Recycler]

I agree with previous poster that splicing in a new piece of mahogany would be the best fix. Given all the work you've done on the top, it looks like the guitar deserves a first class neck repair.

Second choice would be epoxy mixed with mahogany dust.

[OldDave]

Ready to glue fretboard back on, the neck is pretty flat at the moment with the trussrod nut almost completely loosened. The fretboard itself has a good .125 backbow. I'm afraid if I glue the board on it will induce some backbow in the neck and I won't be able to adjust it out. Should I clamp the neck to create some relief as I'm gluing?

[mirwa]

Originally Posted by OldDave

"man if I can get the fretboard off I wont have to pull the neck". So here I am.

I have repaired quite a few necks where people are in your situation, you can make it invisible.

First if your good you kept the old wood that is attached still to the fretboard, simply soak the fingerboard in warm hot water and then with a sharp blade slice it off and reglue it onto the neck.

If you dont have the original wood, then get a small chisel and slice some wood out of the original neck, and use that for your edge graft, soak it in hot water and then glue it into place, saoking hot water allows you to force its shape into the void.

Steve

[redir]

If the original wood was missing then you can also use a router to rout out the damaged area and inlay a piece of mahogany.

That's a fun project you got going on there and the top looks great. Good luck.

[John Arnold]

I use a 1 1/4" thick oak caul to glue fingerboards. The caul can be adjusted for relief by adding layers of cardboard selectively. I use index cards, and in this case (adding some relief), they are placed in the center in successively shorter sections.

[mirwa]

Thought of this post when I finished this one today.

The fretboard had been removed and the neck fell apart on them, I was tasked with fixing and fitting a new ebony fretboard



Steve

[redir]

Originally Posted by mirwa

Thought of this post when I finished this one today.

The fretboard had been removed and the neck fell apart on them, I was tasked with fixing and fitting a new ebony fretboard



Steve

Did you inlay a piece of mahogany and blend it in?

[mirwa]

Lots of little pieces inlayed, took a graft from the centre of the neck, sliced that up to match the grain lines as I glued and layered the edges back up.

Steve