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1965 Epiphone Olympic :: head to heel, double neck break

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1965 Epiphone Olympic :: head to heel, double neck break

Here by far is the nastiest neck break to come across my bench to date.  It is a 1965 Epiphone Olympic.  The neck is cleanly broken free of the body and then some.  This came into the shop in three pieces (body, neck, headstock) with a few loose / missing pieces to boot.  The back story is that this player was at a rehearsal where he backed up and tripped over some gear.  On the way down he caught his head on a counter top and was knocked out cold just before he and the guitar hit the ground.  Ouch!  ...

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Tight flame :: sloppy nut

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Tight flame :: sloppy nut

A customer brought in a replica flame maple Tele neck that he found online for ridiculously cheap.  The flame in the maple was incredible, however someone had modified the nut slot ...

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