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meddlingfool
PostPosted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 11:48 am 
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The fingerboard fell off and there seems to be a small gap in the heel....

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Whoops ... I see the heel is split. Is that mold on the guitar?

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The gap is there by design , it is a dovetail joint . This looks like it has been overly stressed by Humidity or soaked in water.

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Rain forest campfire guitar, or maybe an emergency canoe paddle? :?:

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There does appear to many issues here. Lots of moisture for sure and is the action really that high?

I'm with Alex, an emergency canoe paddle or perhaps a planter box with a story

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Looks more like glue failure to me... Did they use Fish Glue? laughing6-hehe


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Well, fretboard looks OK.....
But I'm sure it's not.

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Just use it as a slide guitar!

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I've seen this a few times before. The most likely cause is that the luthier used 150 gram strength hide glue instead of 192. The heel crack should buff right out.


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That guitar is just photo bombing that fine looking building behind it. Yep. True
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Thats what happens when Tommy Emmanuel plays Classical Gas on an inferior guitar!

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timoM wrote:
That guitar is just photo bombing that fine looking building behind it. Yep. True



My thoughts exactly, and the guitar spent five years laying flat on the floor of said building.

Looks like the fretboard pulled that rosette decal right up with it!

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Oh, dear, I think it's spreading through my collection...;)


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Taking guitar humidification to the Nth degree.

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I'm stealing that picture.

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I don't know, maybe a little paint will make it look good.

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Sell it as a "Deconstructed Shabby Chic Picasoesque Guitar Wall-joy". :D
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"Yard Art"...

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I think there may be other problems, but yes, there is a humidity issue.

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Not enough sunlight maybe?
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