OMG!! Guitar fell off the stand and crashed onto the floor!!

[leftyguitarblue]

wow, sorry to hear it Rob. That's rough.

[Tim O'Sullivan]

I think even I would get that re-finished, and that its saying something!

[Dizzy]

I think even I would get that re-finished, and that its saying something!

LOL Tim, that IS saying something !

[robelinda2]

i'm leaving it for the moment, i havent thought about getting fixed, probably wont, whats the point??

[jamminjim]

i'm leaving it for the moment, i havent thought about getting fixed, probably wont, whats the point??

well, it's possible that with the chunk that is now missing, air can get to the surrounding layers and possibly make the blemish worse... personally I'd get the area filled in/repaired. it could be taken to a luthier and evaluated without cost, most likely.

my dos centavos senor...

[Dizzy]

i'm leaving it for the moment, i havent thought about getting fixed, probably wont, whats the point??

+1 what J-Jim said.

Plus, you might fall into the hole, or gash yourself and rip a leg off.

(It's a bloody big hole)

[robelinda2]

Well i'm not taking it anywhere yet, there is a lack of great luthiers around here, I wouldnt trust many of them to restring a guitar......I'll have to do some homework. Not worried yet though.

[Dizzy]

My mate had some superb repair work done on an old (really) beat-up EVH here in Perth.

Restored it to nearly new condition.

If you ever get REALLY desperate, you can send it over here and I'll sort it out for you ?

Seriously mate, I can send the guy pics etc and see what charges / time / success he thinks he will have ?

[whitestrat]

well, it's possible that with the chunk that is now missing, air can get to the surrounding layers and possibly make the blemish worse... personally I'd get the area filled in/repaired.

Exactly...

[DavidOfOz]

Ouch!!!

Rob, when Rebecca found these photos of your dinged BFR Luke, I nearly said a very very bad word. Man, that must have been depressing. My commiserations.

That said...

Rob, I feel for you brother. Having said that, your attitude is always amazing. Keep that positive vibe up I may need it someday...

...I'm with Colin and Dizzy et al. You can teach us all a lot about perspective and what's *really* of value in life!

[robelinda2]

I'm well over the ding now, its just a bit of wood, i'll live! It has mojo now right????

[mr.b]

i know i know, i did it on the day I got it, matter of hours. I'm am the king tool of the universe. Its on the upper back/side of the Luke, the top isnt affected.

here's a pic, ive been too upset to post the pics so far, it was terrible when it happened! I'm over it now though, a few days have passed, i guess its mine forever now. "Is this the way its gonna be forever now...." ( for the aussies)

ouch Rob. that's a serious scar. i was gutted when i took a 2mm dink out of my JP but that's much worse.

[DavidOfOz]

I'm well over the ding now, its just a bit of wood, i'll live! It has mojo now right????

Absolutely.

My old Roadstar II has *plenty* of dings (though none as bad as your BFR)...and I reckon the Roadstar has more character because it has those battle scars.

[marduke]

my loaded JP6 wasnt seated on its stand properly and fell off when setting up a DI box.... this was when it was less than a week old!! and when it happened everyone around me just stopped what they were doing and looked at me in horror as they knew how much it meant to me... haha.. was a bad feeling at the time, but it did nothing to the guitar itself so i can laugh it off now i think the trem arm took up most of the impact..

[Larry]

Back when I played another brand of guitars. I set the guitar on the stand and it did a headstock dive. Broken headstock. Sold it shortly after, it never felt right after the repair.