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I recently picked up a gutted first year Country Gent with a headstock break. It had been previously "repaired" with mystery glue, nails, bondo and believe it or not.....staples. I am likely out of my depth here but I want to bring this little bit of history back to life. I scraped off the bondo and that is when I found the staples hiding underneath. I removed the staples and gave the headstock some gentle pressure and found that the gap where I am pointing in the pic was opening up a bit.

My initial plan was to replace the peghead veneer & Gretsch inlay on the front. Then add another veneer on the back and extend it down across the break for some added strength. I might just leave the nails in there since pulling them out at this point might create more problems than it solves. Now I'm thinking I'd need to remove the headstock entirely, scrape off whatever glue was previously used, re-glue and clamp and then go from there.

I'm guessing splines? And a backstrap/veneer? I think that would be stretching my abilities quite a bit. Send help! :)