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Exitao
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Joined: Mar. 13 2006
From: Vancouver, Canada
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Can someone tall me what this is?
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So, I was wiping down my guitar with my chamois, and I thought it might be time to take a moist cloth to it because I thought I felt some drag on the cloth (sound board is French polish). So a lightly ran my hand over the surface and suddenly felt something very strange.. Between the bridge and the base of the guitar it seems like the seam in the match-book joint has separated, almost 5". When I look across the surface, I can see that the area along the split looks raised. I contacted the luthier and asked him about this and he says it's from humidity problems. We had a cold/dry snap (unusual in this locale). He recommended me to a more local luthier, because he hates doing repairs, and if it was humidity, it's not a warranty type issue. Can anyone educate me a bit about this? The plans are the Barbero ex-Sabicas ones, http://www.luth.org/plans/pl42.jpg so it seems that a brace extends under the split. Would a repair specialist or luthier consider this to include as a re-glue of a brace? (seems it it costs more). [image] http://s682.photobucket.com/albums/vv190/Exitao/4jeff/?action=view¤t=splitone.jpg[/image] Oddly, I hadn't touched my guitar for a few weeks and had put it in it's case for the duration of a guest staying over. And this was during the time of the cold snap. So it would appear that nylon shell hard/soft cases aren't very useful for humidity control. Due to Vancouver's climate, I don't know anyone who uses guitar humidifiers and such... and previous online questions seemed to indicate that it wasn't really worth a fuss. Now, I'm inclined to be upset. Who should I blame? Me? The luthier? God who mocks me in Heaven? The internet?
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