Les Paul broken neck repair!

  The neck/headstock break is a classic issue with many Les Paul style and set-neck guitars that took a fall. We should always be extra careful with these guitars as the neck and headstock angle, combined with the force of the strings could easily lead to a broken neck in case we drop the guitar...
 I've repaired quite a few broken guitar necks in the past including an Epiphone Lp Standard and I'll show you how I prefer to do this. In this case, we 've got an Epiphone LP studio guitar that was brand new when it fell down... The headstock came right off and this is how it looked:

 The 1st step was to remove the keys and prepare the guitar for the application of epoxy glue:

With the epoxy/titebond applied on the broken surfaces, I wiped any excess glue and clamped the neck to ensure it's tight and placed right. You should let the glue dry for at least 24H before moving the guitar or removing the clamps.

Once the glue had dried, I removed the clamps and sanded down a bit of excess glue. The headstock was  firmly placed on the neck but it didn't look that great:

 To make the neck look right, I decided to paint the upper side of the headstock black to remove and visible break marks. That's why I masked the logo, nut and sides with tape:

 Before:

 After: 

 The front side of the headstock looks as good as new now, but what about the back side?...

 The back side couldn't be painted in see-through red to match the rest of the neck, so we decided to paint it black too as long as the serial number remained intact:

And here's the body of the Epiphone studio guitar:

The guitar is now repaired and plays like a dream after a nice setup! It's got a second chance in life and it can perform as good as a brand new les paul studio. It would have been a real shame not to repair it.

UPDATE! (10 feb. 2014)

This epi studio guitar got a new set of zebra HMV-branded pickups. These pickups are ceramic and are rated at 15K for the bridge and 9K for the neck position. They're pretty hot with a well-balanced tone. They got no feedback or squeal issues and they're pretty affordable too!

Here is the guitar with its new pickup set on:

Cheers,

-Thanos