Neck Resets 4: Useful Neck Reset Tools

A couple of tools that might make your neck reset go a little more smoothly. Check ‘em out…

Guitar RepairGerry Hayes9 December 2020guitar, bass, repair, luthier, neck, reset, removal, acoustic, guitar neck reset

Neck Resets 3: Steaming out the neck

Steaming off the neck is where it gets serious for most people. Let’s see if we can step through it…

Guitar RepairGerry Hayes2 December 2020guitar, bass, repair, luthier, neck, reset, neck reset, guitar neck reset

Neck Resets 2: Beginning to remove the neck

Removing a guitar neck can be an involved business. Let’s start to step through it.

Guitar RepairGerry Hayes25 November 2020guitar, bass, repair, luthier, guitar neck reset

Neck Resets 1: Introduction

Acoustic guitar neck resets. Why and how?

Guitar RepairGerry Hayes20 November 2020guitar, bass, repair, luthier, neck, reset, neck reset, guitar neck reset

Strat Elite - Jammed Tremolo Arm

The whammy bar is jammed in this Strat Elite. Trapped. Won’t come out. What’s to be done?

Guitar RepairGerry Hayes2 July 2020guitar, repair, luthier, strat, elite, tremolo, whammy, bridge, vibrato

Repairing a damaged acoustic guitar bridge plate

A worn or mangled bridge plate can be a big deal. Left unattended, it can seriously damage your guitar’s top and even bridge. Addressing the problem can often involve having to remove and replace the entire bridge plate. Or, you could repair and patch it.

Guitar RepairGerry Hayes1 July 2020guitar, bass, repair, luthier, acoustic, bridge, bridge plate, guitar repair

Straightening a bowed neck: Correction and Reassembly

The final part of correcting this very problematic neck. I unveil my cunning plan to get the improperly cut truss rod channel corrected and get this neck straightened again.

Guitar RepairGerry Hayes29 June 2020guitar, bass, repair, luthier, warp, bow, neck, neck deformation

Straightening a bowed neck: Truss Rod Operation

Last time we removed the fingerboard to assess what had gone wrong with a bowed neck and a truss rod that had burst through the back. And we’ve figured out what was wrong.

Guitar RepairGerry Hayes16 June 2020guitar, bass, repair, luthier, warp, bow, neck, neck deformation

Straightening a bowed neck (with some complications)

Straightening a badly bowed neck is one thing. When the truss rod is misbehaving enough to burst out the rear of that neck adds an extra layer of complication.

Guitar RepairGerry Hayes15 June 2020guitar, bass, repair, luthier, warp, bow, neck, neck deformation

The Problem Levelling Necks

Repairing some types of neck deformation can require working to level (sand or plane) the neck itself with the fingerboard removed. This brings its own considerations, though.