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| Author: | nickton [ Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | why now? (Destroyed in seconds) |
got home today from the emergency room where I had to take my wife and saw my workshop in this condition. I had stored some wood on a top shelf for about a year and suddenly it decided to fall down while I had my latest guitar on the bench for some fine tuning of the set up. My new used truck also blew a head gasket on the way home from work a day ago. Somebody up there doesn't like me. Boo Hoo Hoo.    I guess this gives me another chance to hone my repair skills. |
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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: why now? (Destroyed in seconds) |
OUUCH ! man I feel for you, Is wife ok ? Truck can be fixed and guitar can be fixed . Most times the replacment parts on a wife are rather hard to come by and expensive . 
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: why now? (Destroyed in seconds) |
We've all been there (or someplace like it).  Consider it another occasion to practice your skills. |
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| Author: | Ian Cunningham [ Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: why now? (Destroyed in seconds) |
Now that's a BAD day!  I hope the wife's okay too. Keep us updated
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| Author: | douglas ingram [ Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: why now? (Destroyed in seconds) |
I hate it when that happens. Hope that your wife is OK. The truck can be fixed. And its just a guitar. But still, it sucks. |
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| Author: | Dave Fifield [ Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: why now? (Destroyed in seconds) |
Fix that guitar up and write a blues song! Sorry to hear of all your troubles Nick. Hope your wife is okay and you can get the other things back on track asap. Cheers, Dave F. |
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| Author: | meddlingfool [ Fri Jul 01, 2011 5:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: why now? (Destroyed in seconds) |
Ouch indeed... Guess you get to keep that one. |
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| Author: | Kent Chasson [ Fri Jul 01, 2011 5:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: why now? (Destroyed in seconds) |
Thanks for posting this. I have some shelves that I've been meaning to beef up for awhile now. A good reminder not to wait. Good luck. |
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| Author: | Stuart Gort [ Fri Jul 01, 2011 5:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: why now? (Destroyed in seconds) |
If you can fix that and it passes for new...please post pics in the "How To Be A Luthier" thread. |
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| Author: | Burton LeGeyt [ Fri Jul 01, 2011 5:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: why now? (Destroyed in seconds) |
Nick, I am sorry that happened!! Don't let the discouragement get you down, the nice thing about building guitars is that you can always just build another. This will be a good story some day but I am sure right now it completely sucks. I hope your wife is doing better too. |
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: why now? (Destroyed in seconds) |
It does happen to all of us. I had a heat lamp hanging over a guitar that was helping to cure a finish, and out of the blue it just fell down and crashed into the top. Stuff happens. Look at it as a learning experience, albeit an exasperating one. I feel for ya... |
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| Author: | alan stassforth [ Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: why now? (Destroyed in seconds) |
Ouch! Sorry. Maybe you should build stronger shelves? I'm such an a..hole. |
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| Author: | Robert Renick [ Sat Jul 02, 2011 10:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: why now? (Destroyed in seconds) |
Wood shop mistakes, count to 10 on your fingers, if you make it to 10, it is only a little mistake. |
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| Author: | nickton [ Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: why now? (Destroyed in seconds) |
Thanks y'all. It's just life. As usual bad luck happens in threes. Can't blame any one but myself. I'm still in a developing stage with tops anyway so maybe it'll give me a chance to try one of either cedar or Engelman spruce, which I hear is better for fingerpicking anyway. I think that was also the first time I ever left a guitar on the bench that long. I just started a new day job and have been very busy. By the way I took my truck to a local shop, and the wife is fine after getting treated for keto acidosis, a complication from diabetes. Thank god we have insurance. |
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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: why now? (Destroyed in seconds) |
Hey , Im glad to hear the wifes doing better . As for the top . Do you have a set in stock you can use ? If not pm me and I will be happy to send you a set at no cost . We gotta turn this streak around ! ![[:Y:]](./images/smilies/smiley20.gif "Thumbs Up") If all it takes is a free set of tops to help out heck thats a piece of cake my friend ! |
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| Author: | Shawnc [ Sun Jul 03, 2011 2:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: why now? (Destroyed in seconds) |
I like your "crime scene" photos...all they are missing is a chalk outline around the guitar  .Bummer about the guitar and have been through vehicle hell as well... Sometimes things just happen but it is not what hand we are dealt but rather how we play the hand. At least trucks and guitars are rebuildable. I had a similar shelf collapse once and since have my wood on shelf brackets that are welded and can hold more weight than I could put on it...just so I never have to deal with an oops moment. |
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