Comments on: Vintage Gibson Les Paul Junior Headstock Rebuild

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:30:38 +0000

Bill, we actually didn’t jig that part of the operation. It’s just a cut by hand. It’s hard to explain, but basically once that cut is made, both sides get sanded precisely to fit perfectly. Then the new piece of wood gets shaped to fit the angle and shape of that cut and that’s where the real hard part is. A steady hand is the most important tool we have.

Cheers!

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:34:28 +0000

Hi, I was most impressed with your work re-building the headstock. I’d like to know if you needed to build a jig to make such an exact scarf joint cut while the neck was still on the guitar. If not, how did you do it?

Bill

By: egbert mulder

egbert mulder — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:09:45 +0000

hi i have repeared an headstock crack of a P.R.S . SE custom
and now i want to refinish the headstock and the back of the
neck i dont know if the decal wil survive the refinish
if i know where to get these decals i feel a lot saver

greathings from egbert mulder

By: Ollie

Ollie — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:12:33 +0000

Hey could you email a link to the logo guy – cheers i’m restoring a les paul and rickenbaker

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:29:17 +0000

Mike, I’ll email you a link to our logo guy. He does great work.

By: Ironik Mike

Ironik Mike — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:05:58 +0000

Thanks

By: Ironik Mike

Ironik Mike — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:04:17 +0000

Hello, I restored a Gibson Explorer 84 (1984) Hetfield – Metallica, where I can buy headstock logo?

By: TD

TD — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:03:44 +0000

Based on what I’ve seen of these folks work, I decided to get a bad headstock repair on my ‘52 goldtop REALLY repaired using this method….should up here before too long. Based on the in-process pics pics I’ve seen I can’t wait to see the results!

By: Gonzalo Gadea

Gonzalo Gadea — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 05:03:58 +0000

where do i get the gibson decals, i wan´t them for my Les Paul, thanks, please email me.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:59:06 +0000

Not be coy, but the entire answer to your question is this – veerrry carefully. At this point in a repair of this size you just can’t afford to make a mistake. If we had to start over… I don’t even want to think about it. We did all the work on this piece by hand. For that particular cut, we drew it out using the other Junior as a template, and cut it by hand with a coping saw, files, and sandpaper. Measure twenty times, cut once.