Oscar South Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 A little of the nut of my Status has been chipped off (the bit between the E string and the edge of the neck), it looks like its not actually part of the neck itself but a bit thats been molded on seperately and I have all the parts, but how do you think it would be best to repair this? Remove the E string for 24 hours and set it with superglue or will this be too fragile? Should I send it in somewhere? Can anywhere repair damage like this? Cheers, Oscar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 What kind of Status is it. Super Glue won't work. Show us a pic if you can. Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar South Posted September 4, 2009 Author Share Posted September 4, 2009 (edited) Its a Status Energy 4, heres a pic. How come superglue won't work? It plays alright without that piece there so I doubt theres a lot of pressure on it. Edited September 4, 2009 by Oscar South Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johngh Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 To be honest I'd give Rob a call at Status, he's very good at helping with this sort of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar South Posted September 4, 2009 Author Share Posted September 4, 2009 Is that just the number on Status' contact page? Gave it a call earlier but everyone must have gone home. I don't want to have to wait the whole weekend before I can fix it.. argh :wacko: I guess I'll just have to be patient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry norton Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Superglue is too brittle to fix something like a nut. Epoxy resin (Araldite) is a better bet and is effectively what the woven graphite of your Status neck is glued together with. Worth a trip to B&Q.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutToPlayJazz Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Yes, definitely a call to Status in order there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johngh Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 [quote name='Oscar South' post='590134' date='Sep 4 2009, 08:32 PM']Is that just the number on Status' contact page? Gave it a call earlier but everyone must have gone home. I don't want to have to wait the whole weekend before I can fix it.. argh :wacko: I guess I'll just have to be patient.[/quote] Best be patient that cock it up ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneKing Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 If you chipped your nuts on your Status perhaps you're holding it all wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witterth Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 [quote name='Johngh' post='590129' date='Sep 4 2009, 08:28 PM']To be honest I'd give Rob a call at Status, he's very good at helping with this sort of thing. [/quote] +another Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 (edited) [quote name='Oscar South' post='590134' date='Sep 4 2009, 08:32 PM']Is that just the number on Status' contact page? Gave it a call earlier but everyone must have gone home. I don't want to have to wait the whole weekend before I can fix it.. argh :wacko: I guess I'll just have to be patient.[/quote]Take it to Keith and the boys at KGB Music in Birkenhead, Barry will sort this out for you, he's just repaired a very poorly Steinberger guitar neck. Tell them you need it done ASAP, otherwise you'll go into the queue of Doom. Edited September 5, 2009 by steve-soar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 your zero fret has a bit of a groove in it so it sets the height and position of the string the nut must be a bit superfluous and i dont think gluing it would be bad superglue...?? i cant comment but epoxy will do it in about 24 hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.T Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 My money says... Rob @ Status will suggest epoxy. (The nut doesn't do much anyway). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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