Three out of three, done!

I was nearly devo earlier on today when I thought the neck of the guitar was bent!

I ended up looking on eBay at replacement necks (around $60) and kit guitars (about $160) but then started looking if it was possible to straighten a bent neck.

After a bit of mucking around, I worked out the tension bar in the neck (which keeps the neck straight against the pull of the strings) was done up too tight, and that was why the neck was bowed.

It might even be the reason why the previous owner threw the guitar out (I picked it up off the side of the road three years ago). So I scored a bass guitar for about $24. Sweet!