How does this headstock repair look?

[chris32895]

Have a chance to pick up a guitar I've been looking for but it has a headstock crack that was repaired. The repair looks pretty clean to me but I'm wondering if anyone here can point out anything that looks bad?

[BBGuitar]

Depends on the price.

Over $200 move on.

[Jimmy blue note]

Honestly, a hack job slapped together with rubber cement and a meticulously cleaned, prepped, jigged and glued job by Montellone are going to look like those photos at some point. It's very important that it was done by a really good repairman/luthier who knows their stuff since that's a very crucial stress point and if it breaks again, the next repair will be MUCH more extensive since the wood interface is now compromised.
Unless you know the repairman and have their word/warrantee behind it, I'd be very wary.
I've done too many repairs that were previously repaired, looked exactly like this and have failed. Grain breaks are all different. Repairmen are all different.
You don't even know if the parts were oxidized, or how the break was cleaned and prepped, or if some kid shot some glue in there and didn't even clamp it. You only know there was a catastrophic failure and now there's some kind of glue in there holding it together.
Your call. I'd pass on anything priced higher than the cost of the electronics and hardware. Yeah I'd offer $200. What's that on? I might offer more for a 339 or something like that, but just because I can do a proper repair myself...

[lammie200]

Personally I would pass on broken headstocks. But if for some reason I couldn't pass on this one it is at least set up for someone to spline into it easy enough and make sure there is a permanent repair in place. Depending on who does that, and what you want to achieve, they can get it to a point that will make the repair imperceptible.

[deacon Mark]

If the price is really good, I don't have huge problems, but I can repair guitars. However, these days the mindset of the market just says to pass on the guitar and spend the real change need to get one without a crack. It could be a hack job or something less that best or it could hold for the rest of your life and no problems.

[Heybopper]

its a nice herb ellis on reverb, I remember they were around £1300 6 years ago. Id offer a grand but the problem is, you never know if it will break again and you might struggle to resell it. I know a year ago there was a bill moll on reverb with a headstock repair. I think the guitar new would have been about £5000 he had it up for a year at £1700 or best offer. Would you be happy gigging and travelling with it

[Stringswinger]

I would pass. It is worth paying more for an undamaged guitar. If nothing else, you get peace of mind.