2012 Gibson S400T with a repaired broken headstock worth ?

[2bornot2bop]

For a repair completed by MC I’d pay $6500 for the guitar. It’s still a Gibson S400, however damaged from the original. If there’s ever an issue I’d imagine MC would handle it. So, I don’t get all the paranoia, but that’s just me. These guitars don’t grow on trees, anymore.

[vinnyv1k]

Well this was a quickie $150 repair done by Mark C. The customer wanted a cheap repair.
Mark wants to redo it with new veneers and a complete neck refinish like he did on my 02 S400. That would carry his lifetime guarantee. Mark stands behind his work.
The neck on the 02 is rock solid and the trussrod works perfectly.

That and a good price I would consider.

[2bornot2bop]

The greater question is, why would anyone do a cheap repair on a guitar that is prime beef?! A head scratcher. The guitar deserved better, imo.

[Max405]

Bro the problem with most head stock repairs is the wood continues to shrink over time (ever so slightly) but the glue does not.
A year or two from now you will feel it. Soon thereafter, you will see it. Most likely before the later, you will have already sold it at a loss. Because that’s what you do. You will never even seek to break even on a guitar.
Wait for a perfect one bro. You will never part with it.
That guitar should become a tool for a pro player. And at some point, the repaired head stock will be the least of its shortcomings.
JD

[MCampellone]

The greater question is, why would anyone do a cheap repair on a guitar that is prime beef?! A head scratcher. The guitar deserved better, imo.

The original intent was just to make the guitar playable with minimal expense - I figured it was worth a shot to first try a simple Titebond re-glue (with finish touch-up) - the break was very clean, and I felt there was a good chance the re-glue repair would hold up - if it were to eventually fail, I would have applied the customer's payment for the repair as credit towards a more extensive repair.

The guitar has been sitting in my shop, strung up, since the repair was done - around 6 months now, and the repair shows no signs of failure.

[MCampellone]

For a repair completed by MC I’d pay $6500 for the guitar. It’s still a Gibson S400, however damaged from the original. If there’s ever an issue I’d imagine MC would handle it. So, I don’t get all the paranoia, but that’s just me. These guitars don’t grow on trees, anymore.

I'm pretty much in your camp on this one 2b - when it comes to peghead break repairs, most people have a knee-jerk reaction of fear that the guitar will never be the same - partly justifiable, I guess, because a lot of peghead repairs fail, but usually because the most effective type of repair was not done in the first place. A proper repair can be 100% dependable. The installation of splines is a dependable technique, but not too pretty. I like the technique of applying (or replacing) a rear peghead veneer which is extended to bridge the break (as pictured below). I've done this repair a few times and it has never failed - did it on my old L50 over 30 years ago and it's still perfect.