Epiphone Les Paul neck repair!

  This Epiphone LP standard was literally decapitated... It was brought to me in two pieces and no original wood splints were supplied. It's always hard to deal with such a damage, especially when it 's almost impossible to fix it.
 After I inspected the break, it became clear that the break was almost vertical. There wasn't much contant surface for the glue to be sufficiently applied. Therefore, only an ultra strong epoxy glue could be used. The marine epoxy glue used in boats and yahts was the perfect candidate for this as it creates a 4-5 times stronger wood to wood contact than the best quality mahogany wood does!
 After the contact area was cleaned, the epoxy was carefully applied on both sides of the break (neck and headstock) and clamps were used in order to keep the headstock still:

 Two days later, the epoxy was dry and the headstock was in its position. Then, the break area was cleaned and lacquered.

 It was time for the final test: the strings... On a Les Paul guitar, the angle of the headstock is critical and there are major forces that stress the nut and the headstock. The value of these forces is mainly affected by the gauge of the strings and the guitar's tuning. In our case, an E standrad tuning was asked for, so I could only use ultra lights strings in order not to damage the headstock. A GHS 0.8 set was used.
  The guitar was fully setup and it plays like a dream, again!
 Here is the final result: