Repairing the Headstock
As promised in
Part One, here's the lowdown on the headstock repair. The headstock suffered from a nasty crack that went all the way through to the headstock faceplate.
After cleaning out the crack, Titebond Genuine Hide Glue was applied; and the area clamped. Once the clamps were off, the back of the headstock was prepped for a backstrap overlay.
For the overlay, I decided on a laminate consisting of Chengal and Meranti. The first layer was Chengal, and the second; Meranti. The overlay was then shaped to the desired size and thickness, and tuner holes drilled. Following this, the Garrison tuners were successfully test fitted.
It was now time to stain the overlay with ColorTone Liquid Stains [Medium Brown and Amber Yellow] dissolved in Ethanol. Once the desired color had been achieved, the whole back of the neck was refinished in about 20 coats of Tru-Oil Gun Stock Finish.
Finally, after buffing the whole guitar with generous amounts of Birchwood Casey Gun Stock Wax, it was set up with D'Addario EZ890 strings [9-45]. After a play test, I recorded a few seconds of fingerpicking on this fabulous Garrison G25 and uploaded the mp3 to
SoundCloud.
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| Really Nasty Headstock Crack |
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| Crack Glued with Titebond Genuine Hide Glue |
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| Clamps Removed |
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| Making Room for the Backstrap Overlay |
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| Gluing the Chengal Layer |
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| Gluing the Meranti Layer |
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| Rough Shaping the Backstrap Overlay |
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| Ready for Staining and Refinishing |
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| ColorTone Liquid Stains | Denatured Ethanol |
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| Tru-Oil Gun Stock Finish |
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| Hang Time |
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| Gun Stock Wax | D'Addario EZ890 Strings |
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| Good to Go |
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