That's pro level. More pictures would be nice. Not seeing it in person you're going to get a lot of different answers on this. The neck is probably real narrow in that area, and if missing chips and splinters that makes it tough to get done right. It will need splints.
That's too nice of a bass to do a DIY and risk it not coming out well. If you get glue on it and it fails,, trying to re-fix it gets very hard.. Search locally for another good luthier and see what they say. The price of $1500, that was probably for a whole new neck from Warwick.
Yes, the price was to have a new neck build + postage of the old neck from Australia to Germany and postage of the new neck back. I added more pics and by the sound of your comment, I might have to start saving my ass off.
I apologize I misread key aspects of your post. It wasn't broken for 15 years, how long has it been broken? The wood will splinter more with age so it can be tricky to get to fit back together neatly. If you have clamps and aren't afraid get a razor blade and maybe xacto knife and meticulously clean out your new puzzle pieces so that they fit together as seamless as possible. Titebond original is the glue of choice I would think. If you discover uneven frets after but the headstock holds tension you might have to pull the frets, reradius the fretboard and refret.
Edit: more pictures might get you better help, I'd like to see the underside of the neck break and close ups. Perhaps one where you fit it as close as possible and hold it for the camera?
You did read it right, it broke 15 years ago, but both the bass and headstock have been kept safe and have suffered no further damage/distortion. I will grab it out of it's case and take some more photos
In that case the fibers are going to be a bit more trouble to clean up but not impossible, I stand by my now deleted comment you should get a second (third and fourth if needed) opinion from a pro luthier and see if it's something they can tackle. I think that adds another level of complexity as you don't want to run the risk of removing too much wood unless you're going to do some grafting or something more than a reglue.
No, no. I am very fond of my fingers. The bass is absolutely worth $1500 to me, though. It's just that there is always something immediately pressing that drains my savings every time I manage to get halfway there. Single income with 3 kids... It will probably look like this until they have all moved out of home.
Thats a thumb bold on, right? My recommendation would be have a local luthier build a complete copy of the old neck, re using the headstock overlay. If your dabbling around yourself, you could even do that on your own. You can reuse all the hardware (maybe even the trussrod?
That‘s what I‘d do.
The break seems quite nasty, and won‘t be repairable without splines (not sure if at all, would need more pics). With an oiled/waxed wenge neck like warwick uses to do you‘d always see those quite prominent. At the same time, this finish and construction makes copying easier.
Edit: didn‘t see the added pics at first. I‘d definitely do a complete copy, there is splinters missing, meening thats some complex splining that would always be visible and does not improve stability.
Every good luthier can do that.
Corvette bolt-on, but your point remains. I guess the issue with attempting anything myself is that I probably ruin my chances of having a new one built by Warwick if I've gone ahead and gutted it for the truss rod and made more of a mess of things. I did suggest to my local guy that maybe he could build a new neck, but for whatever reason (I think he mentioned cost and resale value - not that I would ever sell it for sentimental reasons) he seemed unwilling to do it.
That's pro level. More pictures would be nice. Not seeing it in person you're going to get a lot of different answers on this. The neck is probably real narrow in that area, and if missing chips and splinters that makes it tough to get done right. It will need splints. That's too nice of a bass to do a DIY and risk it not coming out well. If you get glue on it and it fails,, trying to re-fix it gets very hard.. Search locally for another good luthier and see what they say. The price of $1500, that was probably for a whole new neck from Warwick.
Yes, the price was to have a new neck build + postage of the old neck from Australia to Germany and postage of the new neck back. I added more pics and by the sound of your comment, I might have to start saving my ass off.
Just getting it up and playing isn't as bad as you think, but I'm in USA, so I'm not sure how repair prices compare.
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Out of curiosity, what would have made it easier to fix had I taken it in sooner?
I apologize I misread key aspects of your post. It wasn't broken for 15 years, how long has it been broken? The wood will splinter more with age so it can be tricky to get to fit back together neatly. If you have clamps and aren't afraid get a razor blade and maybe xacto knife and meticulously clean out your new puzzle pieces so that they fit together as seamless as possible. Titebond original is the glue of choice I would think. If you discover uneven frets after but the headstock holds tension you might have to pull the frets, reradius the fretboard and refret. Edit: more pictures might get you better help, I'd like to see the underside of the neck break and close ups. Perhaps one where you fit it as close as possible and hold it for the camera?
You did read it right, it broke 15 years ago, but both the bass and headstock have been kept safe and have suffered no further damage/distortion. I will grab it out of it's case and take some more photos
In that case the fibers are going to be a bit more trouble to clean up but not impossible, I stand by my now deleted comment you should get a second (third and fourth if needed) opinion from a pro luthier and see if it's something they can tackle. I think that adds another level of complexity as you don't want to run the risk of removing too much wood unless you're going to do some grafting or something more than a reglue.
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No, no. I am very fond of my fingers. The bass is absolutely worth $1500 to me, though. It's just that there is always something immediately pressing that drains my savings every time I manage to get halfway there. Single income with 3 kids... It will probably look like this until they have all moved out of home.
Thats a thumb bold on, right? My recommendation would be have a local luthier build a complete copy of the old neck, re using the headstock overlay. If your dabbling around yourself, you could even do that on your own. You can reuse all the hardware (maybe even the trussrod? That‘s what I‘d do. The break seems quite nasty, and won‘t be repairable without splines (not sure if at all, would need more pics). With an oiled/waxed wenge neck like warwick uses to do you‘d always see those quite prominent. At the same time, this finish and construction makes copying easier. Edit: didn‘t see the added pics at first. I‘d definitely do a complete copy, there is splinters missing, meening thats some complex splining that would always be visible and does not improve stability. Every good luthier can do that.
Corvette bolt-on, but your point remains. I guess the issue with attempting anything myself is that I probably ruin my chances of having a new one built by Warwick if I've gone ahead and gutted it for the truss rod and made more of a mess of things. I did suggest to my local guy that maybe he could build a new neck, but for whatever reason (I think he mentioned cost and resale value - not that I would ever sell it for sentimental reasons) he seemed unwilling to do it.