Would you buy a guitar with a broken and repaired headstock?

[phillybhatesme]

I present to you, my 2019 LP standard with a repaired headstock. I paid just a bit over 1100 including shipping and tax. Similar models (Standards in this finish with black hardware seem to be kind of rare) have gone for ~2400 on the used market. To answer the OP, I fall into the camp of, "if it holds tune and is stable, then it's fine." The seller said the repair happened about a year ago and had this in the listing:

The headstock was cracked and professionally repaired. The repair is structurally solid — the guitar tunes, holds pitch, and plays without any issues — but the crack is visible and there are two small chips on the top of the headstock.

Do I know who repaired it? No.
If I knew who repaired it, would I research the luthier? No.

I've been able to give the guitar exactly 5 minutes of neck time and it held tune and plays great. But that's not really the best assessment of what we're talking about so I'm going to eventually take the guitar to my luthier and get his opinion of the repair and then do a set up on it with some 11s.

Link to imgur gallery with 16 image: Les Paul Headstock Repair Pictures

 

[VonBonfire]

I present to you, my 2019 LP standard with a repaired headstock. I paid just a bit over 1100 including shipping and tax. Similar models (Standards in this finish with black hardware seem to be kind of rare) have gone for ~2400 on the used market. To answer the OP, I fall into the camp of, "if it holds tune and is stable, then it's fine." The seller said the repair happened about a year ago and had this in the listing:



Do I know who repaired it? No.
If I knew who repaired it, would I research the luthier? No.

I've been able to give the guitar exactly 5 minutes of neck time and it held tune and plays great. But that's not really the best assessment of what we're talking about so I'm going to eventually take the guitar to my luthier and get his opinion of the repair and then do a set up on it with some 11s.

Link to imgur gallery with 16 image: Les Paul Headstock Repair Pictures

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Congrats Philly. I'm not luthier but I once glued the headstock back onto a cheap resonator my M.I.L knocked over and it came out as good as new other than the cosmetics. That doesn't look bad to me and that is a beautiful axe for a nice price. May it give you many years of enjoyment.

 

[Rottweiler]

Congrats on the new guitar!

 

[JimAnsell2]

back in the early 2000's, i found a used black LP custom on guitar centers used section that they just took in.
it was 2500. i pointed out to the manager that it had a very hard to spot, and well executed headstock repair, but a headstock repair none the less. they sold it to me for 1300 just to get it out of the store. basically what they took it in at.
That ended up being one of the nicest playing les pauls i ever had. whoever did the work gave it a new bone nut, and a killer set up. i kept it for a while.\

So if its a well done, clean and neat looking repair that comes with a discount, i'm all in for sure.

 

[jchrisf]

If the repair is like my collarbone (metal plate), it should never break again.