Dreamlander
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Remember that 1974 sunburst Starfire IV that I bought about a month ago, Ok you probably don't but it was the one I said was the best playing and sounding guitar I have ever played, well I am not sure if I said that, but it is what I thought. It also had finish cracks all over the body, so it seemed to be the perfect player. Well we played a show last night and I figured I would bring her out to get some air. Before we even started our set I was lifting the strap over my head with the guitar, and somehow in the most surreal moment of my life the strap came off the body of the guitar. I'm really not sure what I was doing, but I didn't catch it and it belly flopped directly onto its top. 
WOW! I thought that was messed up, I guess I am going to have to re-tune that. It is dark and I pick it up to tune. Hit the E string and the pedal tuner says C. Uh Oh! Looked down and the headstock was broke. :shock: I showed Dane the guitar. :shock: We both kind of looked at each other as if this couldn't be happening. I instantly thought, man I never thought I would actually see this happen, especially on a guild, and even more especially on my favorite Guild. So anyway I put the guitar away as soon as possible and tried not to think about while played the show with the S-100. All in all a pretty bad night.
The better news is that the break doesn't look too bad. It was still holding a C note. Looks like a clean break that didn't come all the way through to the front, and there are no vertical cracks going up the headstock.
I am going to repair it my self. I am not sure what else a guy could do besides get the right glue and glue and clamp. I also don't know anything about repairing headstocks. So any advice and opinions would be great. By the way I am also a very firm believer in strap locks now.
WOW! I thought that was messed up, I guess I am going to have to re-tune that. It is dark and I pick it up to tune. Hit the E string and the pedal tuner says C. Uh Oh! Looked down and the headstock was broke. :shock: I showed Dane the guitar. :shock: We both kind of looked at each other as if this couldn't be happening. I instantly thought, man I never thought I would actually see this happen, especially on a guild, and even more especially on my favorite Guild. So anyway I put the guitar away as soon as possible and tried not to think about while played the show with the S-100. All in all a pretty bad night.The better news is that the break doesn't look too bad. It was still holding a C note. Looks like a clean break that didn't come all the way through to the front, and there are no vertical cracks going up the headstock.
I am going to repair it my self. I am not sure what else a guy could do besides get the right glue and glue and clamp. I also don't know anything about repairing headstocks. So any advice and opinions would be great. By the way I am also a very firm believer in strap locks now.
