Help w/ badly Damaged Guild acoustic

davismanLV said:

Well, five days have gone by and we've not heard from the OP. So while all this amazing advice is valuable, who even knows if it's getting where it needs to go. So since they've not said a word, I'll say thanks for all your amazing input. It's been very helpful.

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You're welcome.

davismanLV said:

Well, five days have gone by and we've not heard from the OP. So while all this amazing advice is valuable, who even knows if it's getting where it needs to go. So since they've not said a word, I'll say thanks for all your amazing input. It's been very helpful.

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I belong to probably a half dozen auto forums. We have the same things: !. Question is asked, more than just a one sentence answer. 2. First posting by poster 3. Coincidentally joined the same day. 4. Multiple pages of indepth answers. 5. Never hear from the poster again. 6. Not even a one word "Thanks".

Not as bad, but close. Is when a poster brings up a 12 to 15 year old post. Usually quite a few members respond, until someone realizes how old the post is. And again, first time poster, joined the same day and never heard from again.

Tom

According to his profile info, the OP last checked in on Friday. So I'm guessing he read the consensus enough to get disheartened (or upset that it wasn't the answer that he was looking for) and we may not hear back.

AcornHouse said:

According to his profile info, the OP last checked in on Friday. So I'm guessing he read the consensus enough to get disheartened (or upset that it wasn't the answer that he was looking for) and we may not hear back.

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or maybe the OP found a killer old westerly dread on local craigslist and is off to the races, playing live, rocking it!

AcornHouse said:

According to his profile info, the OP last checked in on Friday. So I'm guessing he read the consensus enough to get disheartened (or upset that it wasn't the answer that he was looking for) and we may not hear back.

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No, DPC just checks in when he feels like it, but he's an "infrequent regular", is all.
(EDIT: note this was an "oopsie", as explained to Acornhouse below)

adorshki said:

No, DPC just checks in when he feels like it, but he's an "infrequent regular", is all.

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The original poster had just joined, and this was his only post.

AcornHouse said:

The original poster had just joined, and this was his only post.

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Thought I deleted that! Just an oopsie, got this one confused with DPC's double-pickguard search ...'cause of the refs to folks posting before reading...then realized my error.

adorshki said:

Thought I deleted that! Just an oopsie, got this one confused with DPC's double-pickguard search ...'cause of the refs to folks posting before reading...then realized my error.

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Just nice to see you ‘round.

davismanLV said:

Well, five days have gone by and we've not heard from the OP. So while all this amazing advice is valuable, who even knows if it's getting where it needs to go.

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Patience my friend! Not everybody is daily on a computer or phone...And you don't know what to expect when you join a new forum. After all he wrote a long message and many pictures, so wait and see...

Ralf

Wilmywood said:

If you'll look at my avatar, you obviously need 6!!!

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7!

SFIV1967 said:

Patience my friend! Not everybody is daily on a computer or phone...And you don't know what to expect when you join a new forum. After all he wrote a long message and many pictures, so wait and see...

Ralf

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Thanks my friend for calming me down... it's not always about us.... huh?

davismanLV said:

Thanks my friend for calming me down... it's not always about us.... huh?

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The one that always gets me is ........1st post...."I've got this Guild........how much is it worth"?

West

West R Lee said:

The one that always gets me is ........1st post...."I've got this Guild........how much is it worth"?

West

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Right?? There are all these resources and stuff... it's called the INTERNET.... get a f-ing grip kids... LMAO!!

SFIV1967 said:

Patience my friend! Not everybody is daily on a computer or phone...And you don't know what to expect when you join a new forum. After all he wrote a long message and many pictures, so wait and see...

Ralf

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And after all, if he's only got the one question, he came to the best place in the world for an answer and got several.

Had to think about it myself, it's not realistic to expect everybody who joins (which you have to do to post a question) to be looking for an ongoing engagement.

There's a place in the world for drive-by posters. I'm ok with it.

7GuildsandanSG said:

7!

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You're right! I forgot my 1965 Harmony Broadway that was in its case!

adorshki said:

it's not realistic to expect everybody who joins (which you have to do to post a question) to be looking for an ongoing engagement.

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<start grumpy old man rant> Of course drive by posts are to be expected, but they could at least say "Thank you" before moving on. <end grumpy old man rant>

Athens - Nash Guild 33:
Welcome to a wonderful forum and you have lots of logical advice.
I will offer one more. I would try Carter's Vintage Guitars on 8th Avenue South (same 8th Avenue South as Gruhn's but two or three miles closer to downtown Nashville). As long as Walter Carter is there, I recommend them. I have a Guild Finesse (I bought from a LTG member). I changed strings and somehow managed to disconnect a pickup wire. I called Walter at Carter's and he told me they were 3--4 weeks behind and recommended a shop in a different part of Nashville. I called and they said, "our technician will need to to look at it." So I head on an hour drive and when I walked in, all I saw were electrics and I had an electric problem. The young fellow at the desk wrote down needed information and headed down the steps to the technician. Asked me if I had 45 minutes to an hour that the technician on first glance thought it would be a quick fix. So I sat down on a big Marshall amp (no chairs) and just gazed at electric guitars and customers. In about 45 minutes the young fellow came over and said, "your guitar is ready." Fixed it within the hour and I headed home.
I say all that to say, if Carter's has a place they recommend, they might have the same for your problem. But don't think it will be a quick fix.

The OP went to the hardware store, got himself some wood glue, pieced that shattered headstock back together, and is too busy playing to worry about responding!

West R Lee said:

The one that always gets me is ........1st post...."I've got this Guild........how much is it worth"?

West

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I'm OK with that and I'm OK with asking us instead of searching

In the spirit of being helpful there are a lot of questions that are hard to answer just by searching - pretty much anything involving serial numbers, model numbers, specs (and when they applied) and figuring out whether something was made in America or elsewhere which effects value.

"How much is it worth?" does not mean the questioner is just looking to make a fast buck.

Since I'm following a veer, what gets me is the new poster who makes a claim that is demonstrable incorrect and insists that their information is correct and we are wrong.

fronobulax said:

Since I'm following a veer, what gets me is the new poster who makes a claim that is demonstrable incorrect and insists that their information is correct and we are wrong.

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I will never forget the guy who insisted the arched back on his F65ce was solid, not laminated, because the grain matched on the inside and outside, even after we explained to him that Guild oriented the laminated sheets that way on purpose.

Whatever happened to him?