That looks like more than just a finish crack to me, but easily fixable. Neck joint stress cracks ive had a few guitar where a crack would develop at the neck joint over time, musicman included. As it happens, i was able to inject glue into all the cracks and clamp them with the result that the neck pocket is now solid and the guitar is a classic with a couple of fret levellings over the. String swing sideways guitar hangers behind me dava picks. I just put a deposit on a used american strat that has very slight neck pocket cracks small surface cracks on both sides of the neck, barely visible.
About all i know to do is wick a tiny flow of water thin ca glue into the finish crack to help stop it from expanding. Jtv89 possible neck pocket crack james tyler variax guitars. Crepitus neck is the crunching, grinding, or popping sound produced when you move your neck. I filled the three most prominent cracks, running from the neck heel into the pickup cavity, with glue and clamped the guitar with ratchet straps to ensure a tight. Hello, i was thinking about bidding on an item on ebay but i am not very experienced and i have a question. I also chose to return to original condition by mildly. A repair that was cheap and easy to do with materials i could buy from an auto repair shop. Just bought a guitar from one of our comrades here, and it arrived with two long cracks on both sides of the neck pocket. Neck pocket cracks fender stratocaster guitar forum. So imagine with the guitar stringed and tuned to pitch, that we unscrew the neck screws. I always do this and none of my guitars have cracks.
Oh no i was inspecting this 1996 fender american standard strat i just bought. Hello, i purchased a jtv89 early 2017, out of warranty now. Mustang to a guitar tech to get set up last week and it came back with some damage, worst of all a nice new crack in the neck pocket joint. Decided to look under the hood so to speak and unbolted the neck to. It is almost always a finish crack in that location and is very common, moreso on guitars with very tight neck pocket fit. Finish cracks happen on guitars with tight neck pockets when the neck expands due to humidity rises more than the body.
It never seemed to affect anything, playability, tone etc. Hey rich, would you one day be able to show how to remove and shim the neck of a set neck guitar. Forth video, the one where i render the guitar useful and cripple it in other ways. I really like it, but found some neck pocket cracks. November 2017 benchpress newsletter sf guitarworks. Stress cracks frequently appear in the corners of the neck pocket a common issue to all bolton neck guitars. Hello all, i was reading previous discussions on neck pocket cracks and i have a question. Hair line cracks in and around the neck pocket can be a sign that the guitar was dropped and took most of the impact to the neck, it dosnt mean any serious damage that would restrict of affect playing was done, just a simply a hairline crack, which are often unnoticed, however cracks in the wood could be a different story, but if it really is a hairline crack then it shouldnt be a problem. Can i fix a crack at the heel of my acoustic guitar simply by using the. The crack is visibly in the wood, not just the finish, but it doesnt look bad yet. Neck pocket crack on kurt cobain mustang fender mustang. This shortish video looks at neck pocket cracks the scourge of just about all bolt necked guitars bought online. It doesnt happen all the time, but when it does, its either from that or force from a drop, for example. Funny how you mention holding a guitar by the neck.
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