Any skilled guitar surgeons in the Tampa area?

[chewie37]

This one hurts.  My '83 Vector did a face plant, and well, you can guess the rest.  The person I'd like to work with is not in the area and silly busy (deservedly so!)  If I don't have the patience to wait, anyone have a Tampa area wizard they know about and would recommend?

[mathman]

Guitar repair of Tampa bay. Has some Hamer connections.

 

http://www.guitarrepairoftampabay.com/guitarrepairs.asp

[HSB0531]

10 hours ago, chewie37 said:

This one hurts.  My '83 Vector did a face plant, and well, you can guess the rest.  The person I'd like to work with is not in the area and silly buys (deservedly so!)  If I don't have the patience to wait, anyone have a Tampa area wizard they know about and would recommend?

Send it to Greg Platzer

[tommy p]

On 2/19/2024 at 9:56 PM, HSB0531 said:

Send it to Greg Platzer

That might be who he was referring to here: The person I'd like to work with is not in the area and silly busy

[Dave Scepter]

I would just use some Titebond "make sure it gets all in there" then remove the strings and clamp down using surgical tubing... let dry for a week 

[HSB0531]

6 hours ago, tommy p said:

That might be who he was referring to here: The person I'd like to work with is not in the area and silly busy

Yup I think so too. It's a tough call when it may take a long time.

[JGale]

On 2/19/2024 at 9:56 PM, HSB0531 said:

Send it to Greg Platzer

Yeah. There's a wait, but #MANOMANOCHEVITZ it's da bomb.

[HSB0531]

1 minute ago, JGale said:

Yeah. There's a wait, but #MANOMANOCHEVITZ it's da bomb.

Yup, it's the best!

[JGale]

[hamerhead]

On 2/19/2024 at 10:32 AM, chewie37 said:

This one hurts.  My '83 Vector did a face plant, and well, you can guess the rest.  The person I'd like to work with is not in the area and silly busy (deservedly so!)  If I don't have the patience to wait, anyone have a Tampa area wizard they know about and would recommend?

That's a heartbreaker, for sure. Damn.

Not sure if Murkat does this stuff anymore but his work was always spectacular.

 

On 2/21/2024 at 9:20 AM, Dave Scepter said:

I would just use some Titebond "make sure it gets all in there" then remove the strings and clamp down using surgical tubing... let dry for a week 

If the break is clean (and it looks like it from your picture), a DIY project is pretty straightforward. Slowly push it back into place and see how clean the wound is. It may be as simple as Dave's suggestion.