Timbuck
Well-known member
I spotted a guitar on E-bay that looked like a bargain...In need of repair...it was described as an Experimental Gibson Baldwin SG ..with a new "Les paul neck" fitted...It had been accidently damaged and the the neck/headstock splice had been seperated (you know the break that looks like a sharks mouth ) .....I received it today and it was just as described...I had previously looked up how to repair this on the web and the gluing job seemed quite straight forward...but when I got the neck stripped down i was dismayed to find it was just a cheap neck that had never ever seen the Gibson factory and i suspect that the rosewood fretboard is just a thin veneer over some lesser wood..and worse! when I put the straight edge on the frets I discovered a 6mm back bow....It is now in the shed clamped to the router table with a huge C clamp bending the bow 6mm in the opposite direction...I will report on further progress...and stick to what I know best in the future...E-Bay is for the gamblers.