I haven't posted here a lot, but I have been following this forum for along time. I hope it's OK to ask for some advice on a repair that has come onto my workbench. I would be very grateful for any advice on how to proceed.
The guitar is basically decapitated, leaving very little in the way of long grain to work with for repairing. The headstock just snapped off, breaking almost all fibers in the wood. I never saw this before, really.
I currently see 3 possibilities in dealing with this:
1) aligning the headstock as well as possible, and routing out trenches for filler/reinforcement strips. Won't be pretty...
2) removing the current headstock and replacing the scarf joint with a V-joint, and making a completely new headstock for the guitar. Of course I would lose the headstock decal in the process. I have done V-joints on a few of my classicals, but never on an already finished neck. I can think of many (potentially disastrous) problems arising from this approach, yet this somehow seems like the best option to me,structurally.
3) walk away from this one. This option is growing on me, I must admit.
Any opinions/advice offered would be greatly appreciated.
Also, the question comes up as to how much one would charge for this type of repair... This is not your typical setup job,right? Any pointers would be appreciated as well.
Many thanks in advance!
Maarten
a few pictures of the damage:
