HolyEvil -> RE: Nodal Bars (Feb. 5 2012 4:28:07)
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Hey Stephen, I wasn't mad at all, I was just putting out that I was feeling disappointed at 'don't fix it' reply. I understand your trepidation about fixing an issue another maker's guitar, but as all luthier guitars are handmade, there's bound to be inperfections, this is part of the lure of luthier made guitars. eg, if I were to have a sound in my head and got you to make me a guitar, and I have described it as best as I could. The product that I got is VERY close to the sound I want, and it's very very close but it's not 100% the sound/feel I want, I think it is very much within reason to either, 1)if i'm close to you, bring the guitar to you to let you go over it or 2) bring it to someone closer to try to resolve the problem. AND in my mind, if alot of luthiers were to say 'not fixing it, sell it and buy another' then it's REALLY hard on the pocket, because if I buy a guitar at 4k, there no way in hell I'm getting 4k for it, I'll be happy to get 3k. (this is keeping in mind it's not a newly made reyes which can sell for more than it's purchase price). And the time consumed to get something that I feel 100% comfy with.. if it takes 1 month to get a guitar and you have to lose about 20- 25% every guitar, would you do it? can you see where I'm coming from? and to answer "the last thing you want is to get a reputation for performing repair quackery on instruments" that is the reason why we go to established luthiers for important things like sound/tone etc. cheers quote:
ORIGINAL: estebanana Holy, Don't go away mad. To be kind of tough about it, guitar makers are not responsible for the sound of someone elses guitar. We would rather build another one of your own than risk trying to change one made by someone else. We're doing this because we want to fix other peoples guitars. Received wisdom through generations of guitar makers is don't try to change a bad guitar into a good one. There is a reason it has problems and those reasons go back to it's fabrication method or the materials themselves. It is not ethical to change the work of another guitar maker unless there is an apparent structural failure that needs to be fixed. In the case of a beater guitar or less value guitar, yeah you can mess around with it, but like the old saying says you can't make a silk purse from a sows ear. Personally I'm not going to set myself up to someones expectations that their guitar will get better if I glue some more sticks inside. If one is a serious guitar maker like Anders or John or me or others, the last thing you want is to get a reputation for performing repair quackery on instruments. Where do you draw the line once you start modifying guitars? Do you know how many great guitars have been ruined because there have been trends of adding or shaving braces over the years?
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