PRS Headstock Splice / G-Glue Nightmare! An alternate method of headstock splicing. 

Happy little trees.......turned into guitars! LOL!

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Yes it was! I can totally relate to the stress part! Lol!

Thank you so much!

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Thank you very much Stuart! Cheers!

Thank you. Your very welcome. Keep up the dabbling!

Muito obrigado! Por favor, aproveite alguns dos meus outros vídeos aqui! @dougmaccormack9485

Doug is a consummate master luthier. Truly. I watch guys like Ted Woodford and Scotty over at Harpeth Guitars, and Doug takes it to level that is beyond my comprehension!! A class repairman and a heck of a nice guy!! 🤩 Great work!!

Thank you for the kind words! I enjoy watching Ted as well!

Thank you. It doesn't belong to me however. It's back in the owners hands being played!

@@dougmaccormack9485 I totally understand that, I mean the video itself. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened if the customer had just sent the guitar to Paul Reed Smith. There's a video out there and after I'm done making this comment I will see if I can find it and I will attach the link to this conversation. Some guy bought A PRS second hand And the owner had not taken very good care of it. He sent the guitar to the factory in Maryland And ask them if they could fix the issues. He shot a video When he opened up the case and realized what the factory had done. It's not just the level of craftmanship in quality control that they have over there. Apparently the second hand customer care is top notch too. I really think Paul would be impressed with your solutions.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Glad you liked it. There much more to come!

Thanks Ben!

That would work! Add a little extra meat around the truss rod nut. Good luck!

Cheers back atcha from the Granite state! Thank you! I actually do have something for bass player in the works. It's a headless scratch build with led/ fiber optic fret markers!

@@dougmaccormack9485 looking forward to checking that out

Wonderful! Thank you! I working on more as we speak!

Thank you! Cheers!

Yes, I enjoy his work as well. That technique is perfect for headstocks broken off with little or no gluing surface. In my case with this prs, it had been contaminated beyond getting the pieces to fit back together at all.

Hope so!

My pleasure!

Well said! I like old guitars....they put food on the table for me!

@@dougmaccormack9485 Hi, I have a 79 hardtail strat in wine red. Looks great but play's like shit, slight neck twist. Bought it in the late 80s so didn't pay much for it so no loss financially, used to use it as a backup for my Charvel model 4 when I was in a giging band 80s and 90s. Still have them both but the Charvel is still the most stable and versatile electric guitar I have followed by my Tokia Breezysound with Seymour Duncan's from 86 manufacture, paid £100.00 for it used and put another £110.00 in pickups. Still my best guitar for the money.

There's lots of great replacement necks out there. Maybe rejuvenate that strat that way? I also had a candy apple red Tokia from that period. Wish I still had it!

@@dougmaccormack9485 Hi Doug,yeah but now in my mid sixties with arthritis in most joints after 40 plus years in the construction industry I don't play too much now . I'm going to build a small workshop in my backyard and offer free guitar setups to kids who can't afford it and parents who buy guitars that don't play right. I've learned a lot from books and people like you and have spent a few quid on Stewmac tools plus bits from my work tools. I also sadly inherited alot of power tools and hand tools from a dear cousin who passed away last year. My workshop will be handsomely equipped.

Leo Fender knew this. He never meant for his guitars to last for 70 years. For example, the bolt-on neck was made to be REPLACED. Same with all the electric components. I am sure that he thought only the basic wood body would still be around with everything else replaced with new parts. In my opinion, a “vintage” electric guitar is a paperweight or a decoration, not a musical instrument.

Thank you kindly

Thank you very much!

Thanks Moon!

Glad you enjoyed It.

More to come!

G'day mate! Thanks for watching!

Glad you like them!

Thanks a lot!

Thank you! Cheers!

Well said!

He was on the verge of tears actually. Made all the effort worth it! Thanks you!

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Thank you very much

Glad you like it!

Yo! We have to stop meeting like this! LOL! Out of popular demand I decided to start this channel only 3 weeks ago. It's gaining momentum fast! See you at the supermarket!

Thank you very much!

Ooooh! That's a LOT more time and work! (and much more expensive for the customer!)

More to come! Thanks!

Glad you like them!

Splicing would be more fun :) Ever try to chisel out a set neck? Or is it a bolt on?....

OH my! I'll try to pick it up a bit!

Most headstock breaks are absolutely repairable! And many aren't this severe!

There's always a way!

Thank you so much 😀

Yes. Very good advice. Sometimes I will also score the finish in the corner and mask the face when I heat up with a heat gun to soften the bond. In this case the nut had already been replaced with a graphite one so it was easy. On a new instrument I would take all these precautions but on this one it would be pretty much a moot point as replaced the whole section with new wood.

Thanks Edge!

Thank you, your quite welcome. I enjoy sharing what I've learned over the years. At 21:30 I think I was just a little nervous and paranoid that the blade would drift and proceeding with caution. Also I have a bad habit of saying "ummm" and "ahhh" when I tried doing the voice over so I pretty much scripted it to help break me of that.

Glad you liked it!

That may be, but this old fashioned conservatively trained guy will be "sticking" to more traditional, easier to clean up water based adhesives. 😁 Thanks for adding to the conversation!

I try

Much appreciated

Customer confidentiality but approaching 2k

On a 4 digit serial number PRS........ You don't ask questions. You pay whatever the man charges. I'm surprised they didn't take it directly to the factory in Maryland but I'm glad this guy got his hands-on it because he did one fantastic job.

Same here!

Thank you too!

The home repair was done by dad!

In fairness, Gorilla makes a yellow carpenters glue similar to tightbond. I used super glue quite a bit but it's not "Crazy Glue". I use a "gourmet" level of super glue called Glue Boost that comes in different viscosities and applications. I use it for filling small dings in poly finishes, gluing plastic nuts, making quick jigs, plugging small screw holes, water proofing end grain when wet sanding and penetrating small cracks that would otherwise be impossible to penetrate otherwise. It's great for stabilizing soft wood.

Thank you very much :)

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Ouch! that's sad! It would be worth quite a bit these days!

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Thank you! Cheers!

Thanks! I used Regular Tight bond for the splice, fish glue for the veneers.

Next time!

Thanks!

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Cool! Here in New Hampshire, the guy who machines all the hardware for PRS is a good customer and friend. He's a good friend of Paul.

@@dougmaccormack9485 wow that's pretty cool, I'll have to take a tour one day

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Glad you think so!

Thanks Sheridan, Great to see some of the FB gang here! Thanks for joining! More to come!

All things are possible!

Yes. Good point!

Good point! I've never tried it. I'll stick to what I've used and known for years. Creature of habit....safe and predictable :)

So glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks!

I noted the black plastic nut as well ---- I would have expected a bone nut on a fancy brand-name guitar like this....

It is in fact a PRS. In fact an early one (1988-89). Likely built by Paul himself. The logo was smaller and the serial was hand stamped on the back. That's how they rolled back then. The graphite nut was probably a replacement at some point.

My '88 logo and serial number look exactly like that.

@@dougmaccormack9485 crazy. They’ve come a long way in 30 something years that’s for sure. But I guess all guitars have come along way since 88-89.

The thought crossed my mind but in the end I think it looks cleaner and more elegant. There's no shortage of gluing surface. I think simpler is better. I've seen many dovetail joints fail in life so I guess that was my reasoning.

Thank you!

No magic- just years of trial and error!

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DIY- save money right?

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They make a yellow glue as well. Much like Tightbond or Franklin but I've never tried it.

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Yup

Thanks for the sub!

Thanks!