Recent content by Smylight

I have a drawer full of those StewMac precious superglues, colored or not. I use them all the time for any kind of work so they're precious to me. The nail polish trick I would not have dreamed about. Those poly finishes can be a mess to match, so thanks a million!

You know what, Sergio? I might very well try this. I'll be off to the beauties' counter, guitar in hand, when the glue has set. Thanks, my friend! As for the image posting, I gather there's no better way than posting a link...

Actually, I'm reluctant at calling it a break at all. ;-) Let's call it a "glue-break". It's on its way to a full, fast recovery thanks to Titebond III. Now I'll have to figure a way to retouch the flaked-off break in the thick finish. Any ideas, folks? Also, how do you manage to embed images...

I believe the link was not working, here it is again : https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B04Jq4WnLJq3v9T

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B04Jq4WnLJq3v9T A quick follow-up to my Santana SE problem. The good folks at PRS (that's Shawn) confirmed that nothing stood in the way of removal, so I used the tequila trick. Then I used a thin, long glue spreader to cut through what glue was remaining in...

Many thanks guys. Have a nice day!

Thanks a lot, all of you. I'll have a tug at the bugger as soon as the tequila run out. But first I'll shoot an email to the guys at PRS. ;-) I mistakenly thought they were monitoring this part of the forum.

Many thanks, all. I'll have a shot at it after the tequila. But I Great shot, thanks. The one I'm working on is from the first-issue, slant fingerboard inlays and no tremolo. Is this one from the same vintage?

Maybe I wasn't clear enough about this. The neck is completely unglued and moves a lot, but won't slide out. That's why I'm asking about the possibility of some sort of locking dowel. Anybody has pictures of a disassembled Santana SE neck joint? I just want to make sure I don't break something...

The neck tenon extends under the pickup. To get at it, you have to lift the pickup indeed.

Hello folks, First-time poster here, experienced guitar tech working mainly for a school with dozens of not-so-great guitars. ;-) Today I ran into my first serious problem with a PRS SE, a first-issue Santana SE. It was dropped on the floor by some kid and the neck joint got unglued. I mean...