Dowel Hole Drill Guide for Repairing a Broken Guitar Neck

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Published on Monday, 27 February 2012 16:41
Written by Steve Lamb

Broken guitar neck. Using threaded rods as dowels.Dowel jig used as a guide in repairing a broken guitar neck.This tip is from Steve Lamb who is a professional instrument repairman (http://www.lambsmusic.com/repair.html).  This is a drill guide to accurately drill dowels holes to repair a broken neck. The u-shaped cutout fits around the trussrod nut. Steve leaves the break as undisturbed as possible and uses 1/4" threaded rods as dowels. When the neck and head are both drilled he reassembles using epoxy glue.