Gibson Les Paul Cracked Finish4/25/2021
Tuners were changed to similar style.(All else original) Thin binding in the cutaway.
![]() Electric Guitars Solid Body Gibson Electric Guitars Solid Body Gibson Gibson Les Paul Explorer RAREST 1985 Sunburst Excellent 9,495 100 Shipping Listing Sold Watch Shipped From Neals Guitars Coatesville, PA, United States 167 Sales 200 Joined Reverb 2013 Preferred Seller Quick Shipper Message Seller Payment Returns Buying Guide Gibson Les Pauls About This Listing To see this clearer click on the big photo: COLLECTORS ALERT Dont think twice-You will not see another:( this was neither Ricks or Aldos actual guitar.This is just Aldos quote about ordering them) Ordered by Aldo Nova- QuoteAldo Nova:This is the guitar that I designed that Gibson made for me. We are also selling the Hearts Flowers crazy RARE LP-just check out our site. This happens ALL the time Gibson carves their necks out of one piece of mahogany, leaving end-grain exposed and thus creates a very weak point right where the headstock joins the neck. Couple this weak point with about 200 pounds of string tension and some rambunctious children, and KAPOW Broken headstock. Gibson Les Paul Finish Crack Wasnt TerriblyThis one was especially simple, as the headstock was still attached to the neck, and the crack wasnt terribly deep. I talked with the guitars owner about how the line might be visible without doing finish work, which could take a lot more time due to the curing times of nitrocellulose lacquer but he didnt care much about how it looked, as long as it was funcional, so we proceeded without worrying too much about the finish. ![]() Once I was happy with how it all closed up, I flooded the crack with glue and replaced my clamping array. ![]() The new glue joint is actually stronger than the wood itself, so I wasnt surprised to find that it wasnt moving on me. These things almost never close up to the point where you cant feel the line, so the most time consuming aspect of fixing a broken headstock is sanding the line smooth. I wet sand the break with Micromesh, starting with 3200 grit and working my way up to 12000. This was a fairly smooth line, yet it still took me over an hour of sanding to get it perfectly smooth. Although the line is somewhat visible (it shows up much better in the photo than by the naked eye), its perfectly smooth and totally solid. In fact, I warrantee all my repair work for life if it somehow breaks again along the same glue line, Ill fix it for free. Its important to me that not is my work solid, but that it stays solid. When not working on guitars, I create experimental music under the moniker of UFO Death Cult, utilizing microtonal instruments of my own design. This is for our health and yours, so if you aint wearing a mask, you aint getting in.
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