Repairing a Snapped Guitar Neck

In this video I repair a snapped guitar neck, belonging to a 3rd grade student of mine.
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[@rodgarrett881]

Nice work! I've repaired a few of these over the past year. I did mostly the same as you except I actually used a syringe to inject the glue deeper and it worked very well. The syringe was very inexpensive and I was able to flush the syringe clean to reuse over and over. I also placed a clamp directly over the cracked area. I think doing so placed more compression in the area of the crack. Nonetheless, your method was a success and it's was good of you to share.

[@Munchable420]

Man this gives me so much hope, I have an old 60's Yamaha red label acoustic with just about this same sort of repair needed but I'm gonna have a lutheir do it. A good tip that I've found for wood glue is to thin it out with water not to the point that it's runny but enough to let it seep a little easier down into the wood. I've repaired a 70's LP JR copy with thinned wood glue and it actually worked quite well. Thanks for the vid!

[@HighRoadMusicTutorials]

Good tips! Will have to try it out sometime, especially if I need longer working time on the glue.

[@neslesman6708]

Perfect!

[@trevortaylor9916]

Thanks for the video, just did the same on my steel string acoustic, used the same glue, very confident it should hold up. Just curious, what was that thing on the bottom of the guitar next to the heel, looked like an unusual place for any installation, has me scratching my head?? Cheers

[@HighRoadMusicTutorials]

Just re-watched, I think it was a plectrum holder. Glad the video was helpful for you :-)

[@saranshjakhwal943]

Does it affect the action of the guitar???

[@HighRoadMusicTutorials]

I don’t think so no, the crack closed up back to the way it was before.

[@Imnotanthonyig]

Hey man i dont know if youll still reply but do you know any way i can do this without any clamps?

[@HighRoadMusicTutorials]

Well, you could do it with weights. As you saw in the video below clamped each end of the guitar to the bench, but you could do the same thing with weights. Another option is crank straps or maybe rubber bungee rope//cord.

[@charlesfick729]

Use your finger to work the glue down in, as you rub over it, it’ll go in, just add more glue as needed.

[@HighRoadMusicTutorials]

Thanks mate

[@connorcreegan]

Curious as to how this has held up over the past few months.

[@HighRoadMusicTutorials]

Yep, still solid.

[@connorcreegan]

@@HighRoadMusicTutorials That's awesome to hear! I'm about to do a similar repair on my Applause, hoping it works out.

[@FoxBat38]

Heavy bag 💀

[@schizoid_banshee]

Me seeing the thumbnail: 😐

[@HighRoadMusicTutorials]

You didn’t like the thumbnail?

[@schizoid_banshee]

@@HighRoadMusicTutorials no, the snapped neck thing made me think of a person's neck lmao, the thumbnails fine

[@DougHinVA]

the non-music noise is annoying ...

[@HighRoadMusicTutorials]

I chose it just for you.