Neck is glued back in and clamped!
Should be able to put some strings on by Sunday
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Looking good 
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Absolutely awful - holy moly.
Using a bit of moderator will I am rectifying that by moving your sad, sad conversation to a wider audience.
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Oh my goodness, I would be in tears. Hope the fix is fairing well.
R
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When disaster strikes! 
Good going on the repair. I figure that if they can put a broken head back on, you will succeed at this. Have you thought of putting a screw in through the back for extra protection?
I love those clamps, I have a bunch and they are so useful. I did a full refret of a strat using that type of wood clamp as my fret press (didnāt want to buy anything for the jobā¦). Came out great.
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Oh wow, that sounds quite fiddly. Were you clamping directly onto the frets? Glad it worked out!
Iāve done a few refrets. Tried hammering them in (not a fan) , used a g clamp pressing onto a fret press caul, using my drill press and finally got a cheapish arbor press which makes the job so much easier, especially with bolt on necksā¦
My wife teases me about my clamp collection until I use them to fix the washing machine or something 
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How is this repair coming along?
So far so good! Neck is back in and is strong and stable. Just trying to fix a couple of the chips in the headstock now and where the finish chipped at the neck joint. Iāve touched it up with some wine red stain and will fill the chips with super glue then sand, polish and buff. Wonāt be perfect but sheāll live!
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Good news Jon. Iād leave the rest and call it battle scars ! Not liked youāve had to pay 5k for a āantique signatureā geetar, that looks like a Squier thatās been dragged behind a pickup for 6 months and whacked into a catalogue in the āMust Buy Specialsā section ! 
Just call it character.
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Thanks Toby, Iām mostly doing the cosmetic stuff as a learning exercise. I like tinkering! As you say itās not an expensive one!
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Blimey! ā¦ Only just seen this ā¦ First thought was āNever trust strap locksā. I know thatās pointing out the bleedinā obvious in retrospect, but itās something I live by. Most of mine have Schaller locks on them ā¦ but they can make you a little complacent. I treat them no differently than standard strap buttons ā¦ make damn sure theyāre on solid before trusting the guitars weight to them. I had to catch my Strat just once on the way to the floor, after one had gotten turned around and hadnāt engaged to teach me that lesson. Sod that.
My second thought was bummer ā¦ but thatās repairable ā¦ and reading through your updates, youāve got that well in hand. Iāve done a few headstock repairs, but not had one where the neck has bust out like that. Good approach.
Yeah ā¦ Practice on the cosmetics, but donāt get too hung up on the battle scars. That axe is telling a great story now 
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Well the cosmetic repair to the headstock didnāt turn out worth the effort. Think the chips were a bit too big for a superglue repair. Or I didnāt put enough superglue in. Either way Iām leaving it for now
At least theyāre on the bottom of the headstock so I canāt see them while Iām playing
Iāve put some strings on, given her a bit of a setup and she lives! The neck joint repair went well which is the important thing
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Good job, well done on the guitar rescue.
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Now its āCustom Shopā and you can sell it for twice as much 
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Truly though, I am very sorry for you and glad you were able to rescue the disaster.
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Or even more if you call it ārelicāed. Some of them look like theyāve been dragged along behind a car and then attacked with a belt sander.
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Nice bit of work, glad that it went back together OK!
Tip - use Grolsch bottle washers instead of strap locks, less expensive and donāt come off!
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Thanks everyone, pretty pleased with it. I didnāt play this one all that much before. Struggled to get tones I like out of it with my old amp setup and didnāt really get along with the tune-o-matic bridge as Iām very much a strat guy. Since fixing it though Iāve been playing it loads and have added a treble booster to my pedalboard for when I plug this in. Sounds brilliant