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Old 01-02-2018, 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Todd Yates View Post
If you're taking it to a repairman, don't mess with it any more. He'll know how to deal with correctly. If you're not taking it to a repairman, don't mess with it any more. You're unlikely to make it better. Lots of guitars have been played for lots of years with un-repaired cracks.
Yeah, that's what I was trying to tell you, too, Bob. More guitars have been seriously boogered up by home "repairs" than just about anything else.

I relaxed when you wrote that you were taking the guitar to your repair tech. Had I realized that you were going to attempt to "fix it" first I wouldn't have been so sanguine.

Sigh....


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