Conn Neck Reset

Dave Gentner · Post by **Dave Gentner** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 4:32 pm

A friend is bringing me a Conn acoustic guitar from the early '70s for a neck reset. Does anyone have any idea as to what kind of neck joint I can expect?

Jeffrey L. Suits · Post by **Jeffrey L. Suits** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 11:12 pm

If it's like the one I did a few years ago, it's a bolted in butt joint, inlet into the body about 1/8". Under the fingerboard extension was a sliding dovetail, and I can't remember if it was glued or not. There was one metric hangerboltat the bottom of the heel.

I may have some photos of this; I'll check.

Jeffrey L. Suits · Post by **Jeffrey L. Suits** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 2:34 pm

I just found these:

Dave Gentner · Post by **Dave Gentner** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:16 am

Jeff thanks for the info. How did you get it unglued. Did you steam it? If so, where?

Chuck Tweedy · Post by **Chuck Tweedy** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:40 am

I know its not, but that heel-block looks like OSB.

Michael Lewis · Post by **Michael Lewis** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:00 am

Chuck, that's just the various layers of the side lamination where things got pulled apart.

Dave Gentner · Post by **Dave Gentner** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:57 pm

Got it apart. Sliding dovetail just like Jeff said. Glue everywhere. Steamed through the 14th until I got a small opening of the butt joint, then steamed through that opening. After much wobbling from the peghead I was able to enlarge the opening of the butt joint. More steam finally made it come loose. Thanks again Jeff, you saved me a lot of misery.

Jeffrey L. Suits · Post by **Jeffrey L. Suits** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:07 pm

Glad to help!

Isn't that just the damnedest thing?

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