GuildyAsHell
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Hi all,
This is my first post. Very glad to have found this forum.
When I’m in my hometown I will often visit the shop of my guitar teacher from high school to catch up and see what he’s got. Occasionally I rescue something he doesn’t want to put a lot of work into. Most recently when I was just about to leave, he asked if any of my luthier friends could fix a total wreck of an “old Guild”. I swear I had a psychic moment and thought “I hope it’s a Hoboken F-20.” It was. Unfortunately it had been kicked in during a robbery. It needs a new top, side repair near the end block, a refret, and likely much more. I asked what he needed out of it and he said $50.00. I had just bought a couple packs of strings from him and had $48 left in my wallet which was close enough for him. Long story short I’m having Steve Chipman of vintageparlorguitars.com fix her up to my specs. I’m not going for an original restoration, but more of my idea of how I’d want one of these. Maybe sacrilegious to many of you, but it is what it is. He’s charging an absurdly reasonable amount for all the work it needs, now I just have to explain this to the wife…
This is my first post. Very glad to have found this forum.
When I’m in my hometown I will often visit the shop of my guitar teacher from high school to catch up and see what he’s got. Occasionally I rescue something he doesn’t want to put a lot of work into. Most recently when I was just about to leave, he asked if any of my luthier friends could fix a total wreck of an “old Guild”. I swear I had a psychic moment and thought “I hope it’s a Hoboken F-20.” It was. Unfortunately it had been kicked in during a robbery. It needs a new top, side repair near the end block, a refret, and likely much more. I asked what he needed out of it and he said $50.00. I had just bought a couple packs of strings from him and had $48 left in my wallet which was close enough for him. Long story short I’m having Steve Chipman of vintageparlorguitars.com fix her up to my specs. I’m not going for an original restoration, but more of my idea of how I’d want one of these. Maybe sacrilegious to many of you, but it is what it is. He’s charging an absurdly reasonable amount for all the work it needs, now I just have to explain this to the wife…