Author Topic: Alembic Elan Plus 4 String Bass - $1100 (columbia md) (Read 440 times)

mtjam · « **Reply #15 on:** March 13, 2014, 10:04:11 AM »

Thanks, Jack!

I'm not troubled much by the crack as it is now (I never play up that high anyway!), just concerned about it possibly spreading in the future.

I have a luthier buddy who fixed a cracked neck on a resonator guitar for me about 10 years ago; it's been perfectly stable now for all those years. I'm sure he could secure this problem for me.

Thanks again!

gtrguy · « **Reply #16 on:** March 13, 2014, 11:00:22 AM »

Good glue is stronger than wood. I have had a couple instruments with neck cracks over the years and had glue injected into them and they were clamped and never had any issues again.

Typically, if a neck had a re-glued crack and it got bonked again, the new break or crack would not be in the glue repair joint, because it is so strong.

mtjam · « **Reply #17 on:** March 13, 2014, 06:13:28 PM »

Thanks for the encouraging comments, everyone!

bigredbass · « **Reply #18 on:** March 13, 2014, 11:19:12 PM »

IIRC, the fix for this is to mix quite a bit of matching wood sawdust (ebony in this case) with a suitable super glue, make a black paste, and fill in the crack neatly. Then sand smooth. Will take more work here with the fret and inlay involved, but certainly 'do-able' by the right guy. But that should make it plenty stable and stop that crack in its' tracks.

See kids, OIL that fingerboard ! ! !

If everything is legit here, that's a deal.

J o e y