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Comment by Dave Lynas on February 1, 2013 at 12:31pm

I'd use tightbond glue. I get it into tight places like yours with a painter's spatula. It's thinner than a razor blade and with a coat of glue on each side of the blade it slips right in there. I do it over and over till i know the glue is in there all the way. Then clamp and clean up the squeeze out with a damp sponge. You can make curved "Kauls" to fit the curves of the neck pocket sides so the clamp will do it's job. I think just clamp accross the body with light pressure and see if the crack closes. A clamp at the neck pocket might be good enough. Many guitars have a center hole in the pocket for hanging while finishing the guit. Good luck, looks like a cool Teisco.

Comment by the anonymous pick on February 1, 2013 at 9:48am

you  will  find that  white  glue  will  actually  be stronger  than the  wood     itself .   many  confuse   white   glue with  "school  glue  (  which is weaker ).

i  dont have  a spare  body in that  style  .   sorry . 

Comment by Barry Potter on February 1, 2013 at 9:37am

White elmers glue?.  I guess youd want something stronger in the neck pocket. Just something that will flow easy.  I do like the razor blad idea. Iv posted couple other photos of it that shows the body.  I believe the guitar is supposed to be something like this in really good condition.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Teisco-electric-guitar-Blues-Rosewood-finge...

Comment by the anonymous pick on February 1, 2013 at 9:16am

your suggestions all sound  good  ..   maybe   pop  it in a table    / bar  clamp   after .

 not    too  tight  though  as  it  may   want to  fold  on you  ..   plus  the body  has  probabbly    expanded   into  that shape already  .   not sure  what   body  that is  ,,  i  may  have  a spare  if  you  can show   a  pic of the  whole  body  .   .

 also  ,  if it   is   a  ply wood  ,  that  may    save  you  ..  as the crack   will  want to     stay   on the outer  layers  .  and the  neck  would act as a  brace   .

personally  .. i  would  just   use  white  glue .  maybe even  use a  razor blade to  get   it  in there . 

  g luk  ;-)

Comment by Barry Potter on February 1, 2013 at 5:59am

So I got a hold of this old Kingston Teisco some time ago as a fixer upper.  Took the neck and pgaurd off and found out that some idiot  tried to drill a couple screws under the neck plate and probably used a drill or something?? Ayayayay.  Anyway it created a crack starting from the neck pocket all the way through to the back strap button.  The crack doesn't go all the way underneath and its almost hairline crack. You can't see the crack on the back off the body. So I'm looking for solutions on how to get glue down in there and what type of glue to use.

I've though about taking a syringe or something and injecting it with gorilla glue or something that can seep down in there.  Or even drilling a larger holes (maybe 1 " apart) along the crack so I can get wood glue and dowels or something in there.  Or should I thin Tight bond with water? or super glue? gorilla glue? Oh the questions. Any thoughts Natiion?