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Holy cow that is a twisted neck. Similar to my J-45. That is going to be a challenge. Not using an adjustable truss rod is only going to make your job more difficult. I rebuilt an early 30's martin and added 3 carbon fiber bars in lieu of an adjustable truss rod. It can be done, but I would only do...

I like to take necks off guitars and do stuff with them. Whether the fretboard will come off easily or not depends on the state of the glue joint. An iron on the fretboard and a hot knife are your friends. If you can get the fretboard off cleanly, then all options are open. At that point, the neck ...

Thanks a lot for the replies! When I removed the dislodged neck, I found out somebody actually had removed the original varnish and had applied a new one (it originally looked exactly like this one - https://www.facebook.com/2411800125550136/photos/a.2656956147701198/2656957781034368/?type=3&the...

Hi, I've recently bought a beautiful 1930's jazz guitar that unfortunately has a bowed neck (no truss rod and a backbow, see attached picture). I've been getting into guitar repairs for some time and have fixed quite a few problems successfully, but I've never dealt with this before and I'll be grat...