Gibson Les Paul Headstock Break

This Les Paul was only a week old when it suffered this catastrophic break.

Unusually, the fall was so severe that it broke the fibre headstock face right across between the E tuners.

Although not an easy repair the break had plenty of surface area for glue.

The repaired headstock was relacquered and the repair is only visible under close inspection.

I did consider replacing the headstock facing but decided to fill the repair and paint it black to keep the costs down.

The pearl Gibson logo was scraped clean and a new “Les Paul model” transfer applied and lacquered over.

Once the lacquer had hardened, I flatted it, and buffed to a high gloss before reassembling the guitar and restringing.