Cure/Fix for Hameritise?

[Jake8773]

Anyone know a way to fix Hameritise? I have a guitar with a pretty bad case around the neck joint moving outward about an inch all around. I thought I read somewhere that there was a fix where a needed is used to inject superglue. Anyone have experience fixing or curing Hameritise?

Thanks!

[murkat]

refin

[ptm1diver]

Beltsander and a vat of liquid plastic

[RobB]

Not letting it bother you.

[Jake8773]

Not letting it bother you.

I like this option over the refins! A refinish is way too expensive.

[kizanski]

Depending on what guitar we're talking about, you could sell it to me.

Just throwing that out there.

[Armitage]

Didn't BCRGreg have a fix for neck joints with SuperGlue?

[Hfan]

I have a little I think on my most recent find, a 2001 Studio. It is not raised at all. Does it normally spread? Really it's so little for a 14 year old guitar I'm not worried.

[cmatthes]

As I recall, the waterthin superglue syringe trick is for lifting finish bubbles or chips, mostly along the fingerboard edge. It really is not for the discoloration around the glue joint.

There's no "e" on the end of "Hameritis".

[RobB]

Word. The idea of injecting crazy glue into a large neck joint aberration is scary, at best.

[kizanski]

As I recall, the waterthin superglue syringe trick is for lifting finish bubbles or chips, mostly along the fingerboard edge. It really is not for the discoloration around the glue joint.

There's no "e" on the end of "Hameritis".

Ask JeffR how that went when he tried to fix Hameritis on the side of his fingerboard.

Not something you want to try out for the first time on a good guitar.

[Boomerang~Junkie]

As I recall, the waterthin superglue syringe trick is for lifting finish bubbles or chips, mostly along the fingerboard edge. It really is not for the discoloration around the glue joint.

There's no "e" on the end of "Hameritis".

I think "Hameritise" is the chronic version of Hameritis.

[kizanski]

I think the verb form is Hameritize, as in, "To Hameritize the guitars being built, the builders first had pizza for lunch."

[ARM OF HAMER]

That is such a nothing thing really......................Yamaha devotes have been dealing with much worse for years. Take a look at this rare Yamaha SG2500. Click on the photos to enlarge them.............................your going to forget all about "Hameritis" .http://www.ricsvintageguitars.com.au/component/content/article/5-guitars/130-ge00037

[crunchee]

I don't think it spreads much if any, once it's occurred, and probably not likely after 14 years...but I wouldn't subject the guitar to temperature extremes to find out if it will, or try to fix it without having actually fixed one for this before.

[benjammin308]

Just play it. Hameritis makes it sound better.

[veatch]

Agreed. Every guitar that i've had that had Hameritis was a complete tone-monster. Therefore, Hameritis = tone.

[tbonesullivan]

If it's along the fingerboard edge, super thin super glue can be used.

The problem here is that it's such a small gap you would be putting the glue into. getting it to spread would be problematic. Best to just live with it.

[Hamerica]

"Anyone know a way to fix Hameritise?"

Yeah, buy another Hamer!

If your not "cured" after 50 purchases or so, you just might have to live with it.

Alternate cure is to order a Shishkov!

Hamerica