https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bent-neck-among-other-things/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:41:12 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bent-neck-among-other-things/#post-235820 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:01:09 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Kaizer Szozé https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bent-neck-among-other-things/#post-235820 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bent-neck-among-other-things/#post-235188 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:32:03 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Witchdoctor https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bent-neck-among-other-things/#post-235188 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bent-neck-among-other-things/#post-234970 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:01:32 +0000
If you don't care about really trying to save or restore this piece of firewood, it's time for some advanced guitar repair lessons!

What I would do is evaluate what's good and bad about it, I would start with why the fretboard is lifting off the guitar, is the neck coming loose from the body? Is it because the fretboard is warping up from the top? Find out what is going on and correct that stuff.

If the warp isn't too bad, pull the frets and plane the fretboard down to just about straight, use a thin jewelers saw, cut the slots deeper and tap the frets back in and see what happens. Can't hurt.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance racetruck1 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bent-neck-among-other-things/#post-234970 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bent-neck-among-other-things/#post-234949 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 23:01:14 +0000
just thought it would make a great beater for my two small boys to get acquainted with the guitar, for it seems they can get their fingers around the neck fairly well.

I cringe when they touch my guitars...too expensive to let kids bang them around...but they do love to play.

thanks for the replies, guess I am going to get to work trying to repair it as much as possible.

peace]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Kaizer Szozé https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bent-neck-among-other-things/#post-234949 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bent-neck-among-other-things/#post-234837 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:50:40 +0000
If you're into woodworking and stuff it might be fun; if not...lotsa work. You might put a set of light strings on it for a few days, tuned up to maybe C standard, and put it someplace safe so that if the neck completely pops out, it won't hurt anybody.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance DemoEtc https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bent-neck-among-other-things/#post-234837 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bent-neck-among-other-things/#post-234793 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:52:00 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance TwistedLefty https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bent-neck-among-other-things/#post-234793 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bent-neck-among-other-things/#post-234776 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:13:19 +0000 never straighten up....you might be able to use it as a practise slide guitar.
The intonation problem on a bad neck is permanent. :(
Again, that's just based on every bad necked guitar I've ever encountered, and they all HAD truss rods. :(]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance OdNt43 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bent-neck-among-other-things/#post-234776 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bent-neck-among-other-things/#post-24757 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:52:26 +0000
Just was given a kids acoustic guitar from a neighbor and thought I might try to repair it so my two boys can have fun with it. It has lots of problems.

1. It was kept in a garage and is pretty darn dried out. I put a soapbox humidifier into it, hopefully it can humidify the wood.

2. probably the biggest problem that I see is the neck is warped a bit. The fret board warps towards the back. I suppose this is due to the fact it hasn't had strings on it for a while--my guess is years.

3. the bottom fretboard, closest to the sound hole has unseated.

4. The frets and fretboard are in serious need of dressing up.

my question is: Will the neck eventually straighten out--even slightly after I put on the strings or will it forever be warped? It is an old cheap guitar so there is no truss rod and the neck reinforcement is not all that great. Its a beater for sure, but I would like to get the most out of it for them and don't mind doing some surgery.

thanks]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Kaizer Szozé https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bent-neck-among-other-things/#post-24757