Dixie Brand Tenor Banjo W/ Fingerboard Seperation

[Justin]

Hello All,

So I have this tenor banjo in for repair. I'm not really familiar with the brand. Maybe someone knows a little more about them? The fingerboard is separating somewhat, not much but enough to cause some problems. My concern is, that the customer does not want to invest too much in repairing this and I don't really want to do a half a** job on it. It's going to require some time to get this back in shape. The separation is maybe enough to sneak some AR glue in there, but I'm not sure. I know I could wick some thin CA and it would do the trick, but that may not be the best approach. I don't want to spend too much time with it, but I also do not want to devalue or do anything thats, going to compromise future repairs...... cause I'm sure I would be the one working on it later. Please let me know how some of you would approach this.

Thanks
Justin

[Greg Mirken]

How is the straightness of the neck, especially under tension? If this is a localized problem that doesn't affect stiffness, you could inject some hide glue in there (most likely what it was assembled with) and clamp it shut.

[Grahame Myers]

What Greg said...

Grahame

[Tim Mace]

looks more like they missed the glue there....what they said....or fll w/CA.Maybe F/B was replaced and they did a hack job there.... don't look like early or original frets.Fill'er up!

[Justin]

It came to me without strings or a bridge, so I have yet to get string on it. The separation will cause some problems. It is allowing the frets to stick up to where you would most certainly get some string buzz. It is only in this part of the neck. I believe when I get this problem fixed, I will be able to do some fret dressing to make it play just right. the neck feels pretty stiff when I do a flex test, so I just have to come up with something to get it tacked back down... Hide glue may just be the ticket...