Giannini Head Repair

I'm very proud of this one. Neighbour Kier had shut his beloved Giannini in a car door... The head was completely severed, but very fortunately had not been moved, touched or bodged since.

You can see it's broken across the weakest point, in the nut slot. I stripped the guitar down and clamped it to my bench, on a sash cramp. I made a fixture to keep the headstock in the right inclination, and was then able to bring the headstock to the neck with controlled clamping force.

Glue set, it was then a matter of repairing the finish.



Not completely invisible, but it's been playing again for more than 3 years now.