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SKATE RAT

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how to ruin a good weekend!
« on: October 21, 2009, 06:49:37 PM »
i had a great weekend, my band played an awesome gig on Sat. we played really well, sounded good and the crowd was diggin' us.even met a girl 8)........................then this morning i opened my case only to find...












my '92 3 knob LPB-1 is broken. shit! damn! i've been so bummed all day.its not even a clean break it's cracked like a spiderweb. how the hell did this happen.this puts all 4 of my Gibsons out of commission. at least i hope it works out with the girl.




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Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2009, 06:55:31 PM »


  :o

That's really harsh........

Those don't move around in their cases, WTF happened? Fall off it's stand when you weren't looking?
Bummed for ya.
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Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2009, 06:56:33 PM »
i think i bumped into our singer during our last song.its not pulled apart much just cracked. i didn't notice it until i went to play it again
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Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2009, 06:57:04 PM »
Man that sucks, but the same thing happened to my SG JR. Broke in the case, don't know how it happened. The good news is that it was 40 years ago and once fixed it stayed fixed.
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Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2009, 06:57:48 PM »
BTW, good luck with the girl.
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Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2009, 07:17:39 PM »
Explain the situation to the girl, if she shows you some sympathy then you know you are on the right track  ;)
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Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2009, 07:18:03 PM »
wow, theres one just like it on ebay for $1700. ? whats that guy smoking? i only paid $360 for mine.
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Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2009, 07:24:14 PM »
sympathy is not quite what i'm after. but damnit, the girl's not the important thing here.
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Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2009, 08:30:36 PM »
Quote from: SKATE RAT on October 21, 2009, 07:18:03 PM
wow, theres one just like it on ebay for $1700. ? whats that guy smoking? i only paid $360 for mine.

That guys an idiot. He's had it listed that high for months. The LP Standards don't even sell for that much. There have been a few like yours on ebay lately, but for a lot more than you paid for yours. Hope you can get yours fixed.
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Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2009, 08:38:28 PM »
Ouch! Be sure to take it to someone with Gibson headstock repair experience.

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Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2009, 10:03:08 PM »
Nah not sympathy like offering her lace hankerchief to you but like she understands how important a beautiful instrument can be.
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Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2009, 11:20:07 PM »
That's bad. Good luck with it and the girl!
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Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2009, 01:24:18 AM »
Not amusing when that happens. I suppose it's not cracked through the headstock. An experienced person can fix it nicely but the crack will still be visible. Once fixed you'll get used to it. I smashed off the headstock off my Ripper. I was bummed out for a few hours but started the repair work the day after the break. Now theres only a line visible as reminder and I feel it's more of a history mark to me now.
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Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2009, 04:43:19 AM »
That's not a horrible break. Settle down, no use crying over spilled milk or broken maho. A good luthier will repair this for you (perhaps by injecting some glue without even taking the break apart) and who knows the glued break might still hold when that other relationship might be long forgotten ...  ;)

It could have been the bump with the singer, it might have been an old fissure and then someone bumped the case too hard. Release string tension and bring it to the doctor. Best of luck!

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Re: how to ruin a good weekend!
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2009, 06:34:09 AM »
That's why I like ones that already have a headstock repair. If you break them again, it doesn't affect their condition or value.

Seriously though, welcome to the club. You can now call yourself a Gibson owner....  ;)
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