[GuitarsCanada]

I am bumming BIG TIME.... just drop my Heritage Gary Moore on the floor, directly on the top of the neck, appears to be cracked good. I need help boy's. I have to have it looked at now. I am thinking the 12th fret... any others in the Southern Ontario area?

 

[zdogma]

http://www.folkwaymusic.com/

 

[mandocaster]

Oh man....never let a guitar hang by its strap. Always hold it by the neck join. Speshly with Gibsons. Ouch!

 

[nine]

I've always heard really great things about the Guitar Clinic in Hamilton.

 

[J S Moore]

Guitar Clinic is mostly basses now. There was a tech there years ago who left a bad impression with me. He might not be there now but you know how those things linger.

Try Freddy Gabsrek. He did the re-fret on my Studio and did a top notch job.

Here's his site: http://www.freddysfrets.com/ . He's located in Welland but well worth the trip.

Good luck. I live in fear of that sort of thing.

 

[bubkusjones]

The Guitar Clinic is closed. George Furlanetto (Owner of the Guitar Clinic and the F-Bass shop), decided that he wanted to put his focus back into his F-Bass line, and closed the Guitar Clinic. I'm not sure how accurate this is but this is what I've heard/read.

I'm hoping I can get a job there this summer.



One of the techs from the Guitar Clinic opened his own shop "The Peghead".

 

[nine]

Oops. I didn't know that.

 

[bubkusjones]

Oops. I didn't know that.

Yeah, it sucks. I've only known about the place for a year before it closed.

 

[Metal#J#]

I am bumming BIG TIME.... just drop my Heritage Gary Moore on the floor, directly on the top of the neck, appears to be cracked good. I need help boy's. I have to have it looked at now. I am thinking the 12th fret... any others in the Southern Ontario area?

As far as repairs go, I've not had good luck at the 12th fret. They put a chip in my headstock with a file while fixing the nut on my PRS and tried to paint it without telling me.
Not to mention there's sort of an elitist attitude among their employees.

Everytime I go in there I feel like:sport-smiley-002:

 

[Stratocaster]

ZOMG!

YOU DROPPED THAT??!?!

ooo

Ouch!!!

Sorry to hear this, I don't know anything about guitar repairs...

 

[dwagar]

A headstock crack, or you cracked the neck?
If it's the neck, you might want to ship it to Heritage for a reneck. You might be looking at about a grand (just guessing tho)

 

[GuitarsCanada]

Yes, it's in the neck below the headstock. I will take some pics and put them up. Might need a new neck altogether... which would be a major bummer since I would have to get a regular neck and not the Gary Moore signature neck

 

[GuitarsCanada]

Pictures

Here are some pics of the damage. The one crack is clear, the one on top looks more like a scrape. I cannot see a crack in the wood. Looks like someone took a knife and just carved off the finish. I assume the stress cracked it there though and caused this.

 

[dwagar]

I think that's repairable, find the best luthier you can. I wouldn't think you'd have to replace the neck for that.

oh, and DONT DO THAT AGAIN

 

[nine]

That definitely looks repairable. I'm no luthier, but it seems to me that since the break is really long, there's a lot of surface area for gluing.

 

[mandocaster]

I'm for 1) it's repairable 2) don't do it again; as well! Otherwise we'll just have to penalize you!

 

[Yerffej]

I second folkway music. They are REALLY good. The place I use is in kitchener, called Schatten design, he was done lots of neck reset's too, folkway deals primarily in vintage though.

 

[rippinglickfest]

One good thing

They say after you glue a piece of neck wood thats been damaged like that the repair is actually stronger than the original..........at least the ones that are not snapped completely off.

 

[mario]

I am so sorry that happened to that beautiful guitar. I'm no expert, but I have seen guitars with much worse breaks that were expertly repaired. Take your time and find a good repairman.

 

[GuitarsCanada]

Yes, I will get it repaired for sure, it's my number one. I almost cried when it dropped to the floor. Any other guitar in the collection.... it had to be that one.