Rather sad, but glad you fixed it. All you need now is some fancy ornamental
wood or metalwork to hide the break. (Perhaps a screw or two first).
Alan
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From: Walt
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 8:07 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: PESO: Two Guitars, Two Weeks (2 photos)
Welp! As some of you may remember, I was recently bitten by the guitar
bug, so I went out and got a Lâg Tramontane T66D, which struck me as a
hell of a guitar for the money. And I loved it.
Fast-forward two weeks, and . . . well:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/10192635745/
Seems in my haste to get out the door at the end of my shift the other
night, I slung my gig bag over my shoulder without bothering to zip it
first. I was fairly heartbroken -- the closest I'd come to tears in years.
So, in order to help mend the heartbreak, I started trawling around the
local classifieds and Craigslist. And, as luck would have it, I happened
upon what seemed like a great deal: a Jasmine S35 (Takamine's budget
line) with a brand new set of unopened D'Addario strings, a Snark
digital tuner, a Kyser cap, a Stage guitar stand -- all for the whopping
total of $50. I'd owned a Jasmine years ago and really liked it, but had
to give it to my uncle after a friend of mine tripped over and stepped
on the one he'd loaned me at a party. This one, however, I like even
more as it has a satin/natural finish:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/10192719793/
So, my heart has mended quite a bit. I love the way it sounds, and after
a good setup from the guitar shop, I think I'm going to really love the
way it plays. The action is a bit high, but the tone is really nice.
As I see it, I got a good deal on some accessories I already wanted, and
a damn nice guitar thrown in for free. Tough to beat that, huh?
As for my Lâg, I put some Gorilla Glue in the break and clamped it down
for a bit. It still plays like new, and even still very good sustain.
The repair job wasn't the tidiest, but the fact of the matter is, it's a
$200 guitar with a broken headstock. It's not like I was going to be
able to get good money out of it, irrespective of the aesthetics of the
repair job.
-- Walt
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