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by vvv » Fri Jun 27, 2014 11:00 am
Yes, those of us who play know that guitars is like crack.
That babbled, I just got a used Martin for a low price but it has a thin surface crack (not all the way through altho' it's a solid top) from the butt to the bridge, dead center.
The bridge is holding OK so far.
Any idear how long before I might have to fix it, and at what cost?
BTW, it sounds way
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by Snarl 12/8 » Fri Jun 27, 2014 11:36 am
The only thing I would guess is the sooner you fix it the cheaper it'll probably be and the more likely it'll still sound smileyface afterwards.
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by ubertar » Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:40 pm
vvv wrote:from the butt to the bridge, dead center.
Your guitar must be a plumber.
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by vvv » Fri Jun 27, 2014 2:48 pm
I need like a Woody Guthrie sticker, something about, "This guitar kills roto-rooters" ...
Note to Snarl: that's not a "smiley-face", it's a "cool-face", it sounds
cool, I mean,
jeez ...
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by ubertar » Fri Jun 27, 2014 2:50 pm
I just meant your guitar is showing butt crack.
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by vvv » Fri Jun 27, 2014 2:51 pm
Yeah, I got it!
So I was thinkin', a bumper-sticker onna Martin, see, cover the crack, a plumber pun, ...
I couldn't figger how to work Willy Nelson in there.
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by ubertar » Fri Jun 27, 2014 5:36 pm
A thong maybe?
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by vvv » Fri Jun 27, 2014 8:50 pm
Willy Nelson inna thong?
That's just plain mean, putting that image out there ...
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by calaverasgrandes » Mon Jun 30, 2014 9:18 pm
I'd be more worried about the condition of the bracing inside that allowed such a crack to happen.
Have you taken the strings off and used a small mirror to look around inside?
??????? wrote: "everything sounds best right before it blows up."
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by vvv » Mon Jun 30, 2014 9:25 pm
Good idear, I shall soon.
I think I had it too long to return, tho' - I always tell me not to buy suspect or outright defective stuff, butt how else I'm gonna afford a Martin?
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