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NickS .


Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 10422 Location: Nr. Basinggrad, UK
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Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2020 10:09 am Post subject: Broken Eko Cobra - what to do? |
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I have one of those Italian-made 60s Eko Cobras. This is how it should look (from gbase.com).
It had a single neck pickup so I butchered it by digging out space to move the pickup down to the neck, cut a new guard out of laminate and built a fuzz circuit into the guitar. So far, so good.
When I came to sell it the potential buyer pointed out that the neck was, in fact, cracked. So I tried to fix it with epoxy glue, but it didn't really work out. Later I robbed some frets from the fretboard to get another guitar working again. Then I left it in the loft for some years where damp and temperature changes resulted in some serious finish cracking/checking.
Loth as I am to give up on a guitar, I'm thinking at this point the best idea is to part it out? I don't think the neck is fixable so it would need replacing and I doubt I can find one with the correct pitch for the six-in line machines. |
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finboy .

Joined: 08 Feb 2008 Posts: 3515 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2020 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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I had an old eko, had many of the issues you described, I parted it out as I just didn’t find it an inherently playable instrument. |
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