Epiphone Les Paul

 This came to me from the music department of a local high school.  The head had been snapped off.

The repair began with some strong epoxy glue to reattach the head along the break.

A simple glued join would not be strong enough.  The Les Paul, being an electric, has a truss road, so I was unable to inset a single central block to reinforce the break, so I cut two slices of ebony off an old violin fingerboard.

Using a cutting disc on my rotary tool, I cut two slots along the neck, crossing the break.  I then set the ebony slices into the slots.  

Trimmed and smoothed, the repair was done, but the finish was a mess.  A couple of applications of red wood dye, and a few coats of spray lacquer followed by cut-polish cream and wax, and the neck repair was complete.

The guitar also needed a new machine head (top E) and some new pot knobs.  Once strung with light-gauge strings, so as to minimise the tension on the neck, I found that one pick-up was silent.  A thorough trace and test through the whole wiring harness found the poor contact, which was soon repaired.

Restrung, and set the action and intonation, and the guitar is ready for more performances - more Fripp and less Townshend, though!