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I have an old classical guitar... old enough to vote for Carter... the strings are shot and the saddle (where the strings sit) is cracked but hey, new strings will make it sound better and play easier.
So I start to restring it and *crack*. Not just the saddle broke but the bridge broke too.
The saddle can be replaced. Just gluing the bridge back together is unlikely to work. It'll just snap off again. Removing the old saddle and gluing in a new one might not be worth the time and energy.
There's the other classical guitar I tried the fix and made a mess of, and there's an heirloom 'student' or 'parlor' guitar that really needs a new nut. That needs someone who knows what they're doing and I don't. It needs millimeter precision to make correct.
I don't mind repairing electric guitars - even shitty ones - they're more fun and interesting. Acoustics? Especially shitty cheap classical guitars? Nope.
I need to clean the house today.
So I start to restring it and *crack*. Not just the saddle broke but the bridge broke too.
The saddle can be replaced. Just gluing the bridge back together is unlikely to work. It'll just snap off again. Removing the old saddle and gluing in a new one might not be worth the time and energy.
There's the other classical guitar I tried the fix and made a mess of, and there's an heirloom 'student' or 'parlor' guitar that really needs a new nut. That needs someone who knows what they're doing and I don't. It needs millimeter precision to make correct.
I don't mind repairing electric guitars - even shitty ones - they're more fun and interesting. Acoustics? Especially shitty cheap classical guitars? Nope.
I need to clean the house today.
