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View Poll Results: What event is most likely to "total" a high quality guitar beyond repair? | |||
Neck issues - warping/cracking | 15 | 32.61% | |
Top warping/bellying | 9 | 19.57% | |
Glue joint failure/separation | 3 | 6.52% | |
Bracing failure | 2 | 4.35% | |
Wood cracking/splitting | 4 | 8.70% | |
Bridge separation/lifting | 0 | 0% | |
Mold/environmental | 3 | 6.52% | |
Other | 20 | 43.48% | |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 46. You may not vote on this poll |
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Assuming sufficient desire to keep the guitar alive, all parts are replaceable. Of course, once you start replacing tops/backs you run into the question of whether it's still the same guitar . . .
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Circa OM-30/34 (Adi/Mad) | 000-12 (Ger/Maple) | OM-28 (Adi/Brz) | OM-18/21 (Adi/Hog) | OM-42 (Adi/Braz) Fairbanks SJ (Adi/Hog) | Schoenberg/Klepper 000-12c (Adi/Hog) | LeGeyt CLM (Swiss/Amzn) | LeGeyt CLM (Carp/Koa) Brondel A-2 (Carp/Mad) |
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Any I forgot?
Yes. Loaned out to a Quentin Tarantino movie set. |
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My snarky side would say that they commit guitar-cide by jumping through the nearest open window as i approach its case.
David
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I took up the guitar at 62 as penance for a youth well-spent. |
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Audience reaction to your playing!
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I'm learning to flatpick and fingerpick guitar to accompany songs. I've played and studied traditional noter/drone mountain dulcimer for many years. And I used to play dobro in a bluegrass band. |