I explain the writing of my new song, demo an acoustic recording, and talk about flossing and sad guitar stories... or sad stories about broken guitars.
I know that feeling. I was playing my Takamine handmade classical guitar on the deck of a yacht, when we crash jibed without warning. The boom took out the soundboard. I went to a great luthier and got a quote for my insurance company. He gave me a couple of options. One that would sound OK and probably last forever and one where he said the soundboard would be thin and sound beautiful, but won't last as long. He also did a little bit of fretwork on it, although it was already a great guitar that I bought for landed cost of $2,000 40 years ago. I went for the better sound and the insurance company paid up $1700 for the repair. Retail replacement would have been around $3,000. I went for the better sound and all these years later, I swear it sounds nicer every year. But that feeling when it first happened was shit.
Love your words DUDE!!
I know that feeling. I was playing my Takamine handmade classical guitar on the deck of a yacht, when we crash jibed without warning. The boom took out the soundboard. I went to a great luthier and got a quote for my insurance company. He gave me a couple of options. One that would sound OK and probably last forever and one where he said the soundboard would be thin and sound beautiful, but won't last as long. He also did a little bit of fretwork on it, although it was already a great guitar that I bought for landed cost of $2,000 40 years ago. I went for the better sound and the insurance company paid up $1700 for the repair. Retail replacement would have been around $3,000. I went for the better sound and all these years later, I swear it sounds nicer every year. But that feeling when it first happened was shit.
This is good! I'm always amazed at your energy and output. It's a good thing I don't believe in comparing myself to others :-)
J