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Posted by: swingline Mar 15 2008, 06:44 PM

A commonly seen thing when buing used gear is that the seller states that it had a crack in the neck that was professionally repaired. I don't know if a repaired neck is as good as a neck that never took any dammage. So the real question is should I stay away from used gear that has crack repaires on it or not.

Posted by: Bogdan Mar 15 2008, 06:55 PM

Well you never know if it was repaired correctly..I would not buy damaged gear , especially from internet where I don't have the opportunity to inspect the goods before purchase ..

Posted by: swingline Mar 15 2008, 07:03 PM

Actually I'm talking about craigslist.com where I would be able to go and inspect it due to the gear being withing a 2 hour drive. I'm just not sure if its worth my time and gas money to drive there to look and possibly buy.

Posted by: Trond Vold Mar 15 2008, 07:30 PM

In some cases, the damage is completely fixed.. Around 7 years ago i cracked the headstock right off my Les Paul. Got it professionally repaired and you cant even see where it broke now.

Posted by: sam47 Mar 15 2008, 08:29 PM

Personally , I'd pass on neck issues. There's great deals out there without having to deal with something like that.