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shoretyus
12-22-2007, 04:10 PM
So it's three days before Christmas. I pick up my son for the holidays. "Dad my guitar broke". I had purchased him an old Harmony for his birthday 1 1/2 ago. Well the other day he opened up the case.........

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a365/shoretyus/IMG_3077.jpg

So I have to replace. ( I won't even bother fixing it) Being so late and living in the boonies I will give him my Yamaha 450s. These are great guitars.

There are 2 of those Yamaha's on Fleabay. Excuse the rant.. one is near Albany. The listing says contact for shipping rates to Canada. After three emails she tells me that she won't ship it to Canada. It really bothers me that I can have it shipped to a friends in Orlando only 3 times the distance but can't get it shipped to Central Ontario... :mad:
james on bass
12-22-2007, 04:38 PM
Damn. She did blow up good.
Ti-Ron
12-22-2007, 05:55 PM
:eek:

Worst nightmare ever!
NB-SK
12-23-2007, 01:34 AM
Damn. How did that happen?
ClintonHammond
12-23-2007, 06:24 AM
If somebody did that to a guitar I'd given them, it'd be a long FKn time before I ever even thought about giving them another guitar...

Maybe if the kid has to get one on his own, he'll treat it better.
Robert1950
12-23-2007, 08:35 AM
My first question would be, "How the &^*%$ hell did that break !?!?!"
Milkman
12-23-2007, 10:48 AM
My first question would be, "How the &^*%$ hell did that break !?!?!"

It's a cheaply made guitar. In the glue let go at the base of the neck heel the tension on the strings could pull it apart like that.
shoretyus
12-23-2007, 11:15 AM
It's a cheaply made guitar. In the glue let go at the base of the neck heel the tension on the strings could pull it apart like that.

Exactly what happened.
zontar
12-23-2007, 03:54 PM
If somebody did that to a guitar I'd given them, it'd be a long FKn time before I ever even thought about giving them another guitar...

Maybe if the kid has to get one on his own, he'll treat it better.

Nice forgiving attitude-especially when you don't know any details.
Stuff breaks.
My first thought about the breakage was the same as Milkman's.

On some guitars that sort of thing wouldn't happen.
On some it could be worth fixing-depending on the cost & how much of the guitar is damaged.
Telenator
12-23-2007, 04:36 PM
I thought the same as you Milkman but looks more like an attempt at a neck bend went seriously south.
ClintonHammond
12-23-2007, 05:34 PM
"looks more like an attempt at a neck bend"
Zactly....
shoretyus
12-23-2007, 10:48 PM
"looks more like an attempt at a neck bend"
Zactly....

Ok Clinton here ya go.....

BOTH SIDES OF MY STORY.

Side A

I am a woodwork who knows wood. No signs of other damage from a hard bang or abuse on the guitar or the case. The glue failed.

Side B

My son lives with his mother. Their living arrangement. She provides emergency care for the Children's Aid. They have lockd on their bedrooms. If it was broken by a kid it wasn't him. Do I need describe the type of children that come and visit ?

My 20 yr son.... real bad ass. He has been a choirboy since he was 8. He sang at Carnegie Hall last year. He loves music and respects instruments. He started his first band... a barber shop quartet.

The boy has out grown his first guitar. He has passed into the ranks of a guitar player. He needs a new guitar. I don't have a problem with that. I fail to see the reason why you do. Especially when you know nothing of the situation.
ClintonHammond
12-23-2007, 10:53 PM
I can only call it as I see it... if that offends you, that's your problem, not mine.
shoretyus
12-23-2007, 11:02 PM
I can only call it as I see it... if that offends you, that's your problem, not mine.

You like being wrong? I am not offended. My son has a different opinion.

Lets kill this thread right here.
ClintonHammond
12-24-2007, 12:32 AM
Wrong schmong....

I don't hardly much care.

Hope yer kid has better 'luck' with his next guitar.
elindso
12-27-2007, 08:28 PM
I've never seen that kind if break, and I've not even come close to seeing everything. Yes that's what I meant:smile:

Harmony Guitars were the cheapies when new. Some played very nicely and lasted, others were crap that fell apart.
shoretyus
12-28-2007, 06:23 PM
I've never seen that kind if break, and I've not even come close to seeing everything. Yes that's what I meant:smile:

Harmony Guitars were the cheapies when new. Some played very nicely and lasted, others were crap that fell apart.

He wore the paint off the fretboard ... if that's any indication of the quality of guitar I don't what is.

He is now the proud owner of a nice Alvarez from PaulS. A happy ending for everybody except the Harmony which will be recycled in parts for another guitar needing tuners and a bridge
ClintonHammond
12-28-2007, 08:49 PM
"a nice Alvarez"
My "Leads & Licks" guy swears by 'em