Neck Reset
We now offer a neck reset with Hot Hide Glue.
Neck to body glue joint is crucial to tone transfer.
we remove the neck, Clean the rubbery glue and reset with Hot Hide Glue.
Wood touches wood!
Before:
After old rubbery glue is removed:
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WOW!!! I can't believe Gibson uses that plastic/synthetic type of glue to glue the necks on. I bet that guitar sounds 100x better now than before. Great work Kim!!
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WOW! Another GIANT step toward getting these reissues to SOUND like their $400K, 50 year old cousins!
This part of a Gibson seems so important for sound/tone transfer, I have seen some horrible glue/rubber looking gunk in the neck pocket of stock Historics, This could explain why my first Historic R9 was such a Dog tone wise I went thru Half a dozen Pickups and spent so much Money trying to get a tone. Great work you are doing Kim, We are very fortunate to have a service such as you offer, thanks, Steve
The Gibson glue doesn't look very appealing, but unless both surfaces are level, perhaps it wouldn't make wood to wood contact anyway?
What percentage change or improvements in tone would you expect to hear?
Perhaps the difference might be a bit more top end?
Please don't think I'm being critical, I'm thinking of the dollar value of having the neck re-glued, if the improvement wasn't significant I'd spend the dollars elsewhere.
Mark
Mark; Hi! I have three H-M guitars with neck re-sets using Hot Hide Glue. I think it's a huge improvement over the rubbery, vinyl Titebond stuff Gibson uses. The Hot Hide Glue actually pulls the wood together as it dries and is very close in chemical makeup to the glue that was used in the `50's & `60's. the Titebond results are like placing a sheet of plastic/vinyl between the two pieces of wood and doesn't allow for a good transfer of vibrations between the two pieces of Mahogany.