Can this neck be repaired?

[Aygotaygo]

My Cort B4 Element took a dive onto concrete at an outdoor gig today, and now has a crack on the cusp of neck and headstock - photos attached.

 

i really love the bass, but I’m wondering if it’s worth repairing (assuming it can be repaired), or should it be binned?

 

All advice gratefully received 🙂

[jazzyvee]

I don’t see anything there that a decent competent luthier would have problems dealing with.  I’ve read of headstock cracks like that repaired. Where it has split rather than coming apart, a syringe can be used to get the glue right inside the crack before clamping it up. I hope you get it fixed. 👍🏾

[Aidan63]

Absolutely it can be repaired

Maybe take the string tension off slightly to help ease the crack and keep it clean so there's no contaminants to interfere with the glue up

All things being equal it should be stronger than ever after repair

Plenty of Gibson guitars with repaired headstocks following complete breaks out there so skills are well established 

[Hellzero]

Like @jazzyvee and @Aidan63 said, but don't attempt to do it yourself if you don't know what you're doing.

 

A luthier will ask you first if you've done any attempt in repairing it, and if yes, won't do the job, because glue can't be glued again if you don't remove completely the residues and it's a huge time consuming work...

 

It's a fast and easy job to do and without any lacquering afterwards if it's still clean, so won't be expensive at all.

 

After that, it will never break again at the glue point.

[Aygotaygo]

Thanks for all the replies - much appreciated. I sent the pictures to my usual guitar tech/luthier and she said there’s a possibility it might be repairable but the cost might make it uneconomical. Also, I took those pictures in the break between sets, but the crack had gotten worse by the end of the second set. If nothing else else I’ve now got an excuse to get a new bass 😁