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1962 Gibson EB-3 - Needs Headstock Repair

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dc10bass:
Group…

I’ve got a 1962 EB-3 with a broken headstock… bought it that way.
Someone already attempted to fix it, don’t know how long ago or how long the initial repair worked for…
...but as you can see, now, it is detached.

I’ve been told that for the best repair the fretboard will have to be removed and the entire headstock into the neck will have to be rebuilt.
If so, is there anyway to salvage and reuse the “Gibson logo” and the “Gibson crown” headstock inlays for the new repaired headstock?

Just trying to get an idea what is going to have to go into this repair…
…and for the record, I’m not doing it myself!

FYI… The neck pickup measures at 32.8 ohms.

Thanks for the input!

Curt

uwe:
Pic is missing!

Dave W:

--- Quote from: uwe on December 08, 2008, 12:58:33 PM ---Pic is missing!

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There are six externally hosted pics in his post. You can't see them?

Dave W:
Curt, it's hard to tell without a clearer view of the back of the headstock where it meets the neck. If the previous break extended to the fretboard side of the nut, it might require a complete rebuild, depending on the damage, but not necessarily. And you don't want to do that unless it's absolutely necessary.

I've seen some very skillful restorations of logo and inlay.

EvilLordJuju:
ooh, nasty

A good luthier should be able to just replace the bad bit, between neck and lower two tuning keys.... leaving the logo and crown inlay undamaged, although you'll probably not get an invisible repair... and that finish is just a bit too good to consider refinning....

I'd be very surprised if the whole headstock had to be replaced

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