Had a crazy storm come through a few days ago and wipe out our power, so it's all dark (and rather warm) in the Dungeon. Hopefully we'll be operational soon.
Before the electric went out, I had started in on filling a couple of chips on the neck heel. I think these kind of chips are not too uncommon, but they are annoying. I'm hoping when I get some new (better) chisels these problems will be minimized.
Fortunately I have a decent 'collection' of chips from shaving the neck heel.
There are two small divots in the neck. I took two of the bits from chiseling the heel and shaped them reasonably closely to fit the heel. Obviously they're a little long, but I'll cut them to a more exact fit. I just glued them in with Titebond.
Since the grain is the same, I think the repair should look pretty good. It is the same hunk of wood after all.
The upside is they will have dried for days by the time I get power back. Then I'll trim them, stain, and use lacquer to level them. I'll also re-finish the bit of finish that got taken off the bottom.
Hi. I have exactly the same model and problem, except not quite such a high action. On mine a crack at the heel opens up under string tension and raises the action toi high. Without string tension the gap can be closed by pulling back on the neck, so I'm considering just glueing and clamping it back to save takimg it off completely. What do you think ?
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