A customer brings in a Chinese made Washburn with a cracked heel.
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In addition to the heel being cracked, the sides are cracked and the portion behind the heels butt joint are pulling away from the head block. This suggested that more than a cracked heel was in play. I decided to remove the neck to see how the guitar was constructed and what further damage was present.
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Notable observations:
- a dowelled butt joint
- CA used under the fretboard extension, in the dowel holes, and on the end grain face of the butt joint
-many unexplainable and illogical voids in the area of the head block
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-rusted truss rod and wood in the body truss rod slot looks deteriorated by moisture (I think condensation on the metal truss rod is the culprit)
-there is an unidentifiable piece of plastic (?) embedded between the top of the head block and underside of the top on the cutaway side
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-there is some other foreign substance that looks like a filler material caked inside some of the voids
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-the heel remnant still fixed to the guitar is made from two pieces with the glue joint running vertical and slightly offset from the neck center plane
Fortunately I didn't prior commit to doing anything more than taking the neck off to assess the repair prospect.
So if you come across one... run the other way!
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