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  • Richard Dean March 21, 2018 at 2:50pm

    I don't know guys, typically, I'd agree with you, glue and clamp, but, you'll be reapplying the pressure and it will want to pull apart again, the glued joint won't, but right next to it might pull apart since it's got grain working against it. I'd still just open up the slit and glue in a piece of flat material, leave it in it's relaxed position, or as suggested, a face plate, or plate on the back. I could be wrong, only an observation.

    • Paul Craig > Richard Dean March 21, 2018 at 3:10pm

      Your idea of opening the crack and filling it with a sliver of wood may put more stress on the wood around the hole and cause a new crack. Also, it may make the hole bigger causing a loose tuning key to rattle.

      This is the reason my guitar has a "redesigned" headstock.306694482?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024

      All the tuners used to be on one side. A crack started in the same place as the one shown above. The crack migrated to the other side of the hole. So I had to reshape the end of the headstock and move the other tuners to the the other side.

    • Paul Craig > Richard Dean March 21, 2018 at 2:59pm

      That's why the plate is a good idea, to keep the problem from reoccurring in that spot or another. The plate would absorb the stress and possibly help with tone and sustain.

      • Paul Craig > Paul Craig March 21, 2018 at 3:01pm

        It's fix and add plate or time to strip off the wings and put new ones on with the grain in the right direction and possibly harder wood.

  • Paul Craig March 21, 2018 at 2:14pm

    I second the glue it and clamp it fix. I like Darryl's recommendation of adding the plate to either top or back since the grain is running the opposite way as Richard pointed out. That will reinforce the headstock against more splits later.

  • darryl kernaghan March 21, 2018 at 6:23am

    As it,s a cbg , maybe you could re inforce it with a bit 306694223?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024of 1/8 aluminium plate like i did on the one pictured when i thought i,d got a bit thin on the headstock, so added it to be safe

  • Richard Dean March 20, 2018 at 11:28am

    Ahhhh, this guy...

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    looks like the grain was running the wrong direction on your wings for the headstock, this contributed to the split, you may get more, if it splits again, make a one piece face for the headstock and glue over the headstock, may need longer tuners or shave down the headstock afterwards.

    but, try a simple repair first, may get many more years of enjoyment without all the extra work.

    • Wes > Richard Dean March 20, 2018 at 6:16pm

      Thanks for the reply 

  • Richard Dean March 20, 2018 at 11:05am

    Is this an expensive instrument, collectable, or a CBG? Hate to give advice on something best left as is for value sake, but if something you want to use and have repaired, personally, since it's split all the way through, what I've done to similar repairs, is to open up the split with a saw blade/sandpaper and make an insert to slide into the opening made of the same material, glued in place, re-file/sand/drill as needed, using the same wood material will make the repair nearly invisible.

    Other headstocks in worse condition I've made a laminate headstock top plate, like the way you can find a Mahogany neck/headstock with a Rosewood top plate...ie; Martin, etc

    • Wes > Richard Dean March 20, 2018 at 11:16am

      thanks for the reply  , but its a rough and ready CBG, just want to keep it playing

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