Reversed over my guitar

Phil_321 · 06-12-2004 2:19pm #1

Anyone ever drive over a guitar.
Reversed over my Ibanez AXS32 a few days ago. Luckily(?), I just ran over the headstock, so it's sill playable. The action has started to rise though as the headstock nearly broke in two. The tension in the strings is pulling it forward. And the tuning is a bit off. It's a bastard because I wasn't intending to buy a new guitar for at least a few years, and I'm just after joining a band.

So, anyone else ever damage/write-off their instruments?

feylya · 06-12-2004 3:22pm

Ouch, that ain't gonna be cheap to repair. It can be done though. Is it a painted neck???

Zombienosh · 06-12-2004 3:23pm

Phil_321 wrote:

Anyone ever drive over a guitar.
Reversed over my Ibanez AXS32 a few days ago. Luckily(?), I just ran over the headstock, so it's sill playable. The action has started to rise though as the headstock nearly broke in two. The tension in the strings is pulling it forward. And the tuning is a bit off. It's a bastard because I wasn't intending to buy a new guitar for at least a few years, and I'm just after joining a band.

So, anyone else ever damage/write-off their instruments?

how the feck did u manage that?

Doctor J · 06-12-2004 3:25pm

Firstly, take the strings off asap. Seriously, whatever damage you did with the car, you're going to do more by leaving the strings on. Get it to a luthier, such as Derreck Nelson. Don't poke about at it. It may be able to be fixed relatively cheaply, but you've got to take the strings off and get it checked out.

feylya · 06-12-2004 3:27pm

TBH, if the break is at the headstock, the best way to fix it to break off the headstock

Doctor J · 06-12-2004 3:29pm

Depends on the break. If it's clean it could be quite straightforward to repair.

feylya · 06-12-2004 3:30pm

If the crack has begun on the neck and it's visible and it causing the action to raise and the guitar to go out of tune, it's not a simple fix.

Doctor J · 06-12-2004 3:31pm

But we don't know that for sure. To a luthier with that guitar, I say! Post haste!

feylya · 06-12-2004 3:34pm

But we do know the string tension is pulling the head forwards and putting it out of tune. If it's not on the neck, just on the head, that'll be probably harder and more expensive to fix (new wood for the head, repsray the face, new decal)

Doctor J · 06-12-2004 3:40pm

But we don't know by how much. To the luthier!

feylya · 06-12-2004 3:42pm

I'm figuring at least €200

And the resale value of the guitar has gone.

Phil_321 · 06-12-2004 3:49pm

how the feck did u manage that?

Had the guitar standing up against the side of the car, while the drummer who was going to take it in the front seat with him went back inside his house to get a jacket. I forgot about the guitar(I was on painkillers, so the head wasn't operating at 100%) and thought I might as well reverse the car around while I was waiting for him. When I was reversing it I heard a kind of clattering noise, and I thought some of the drummer's kit had fallen in the back seat. Only when the drummer came running over and banging the car did I realise something was severly wrong.......
It was such a pointless thing to happen, it's at times like that, that you realise there is no God.

I think the neck is unaffected, thankfully, I would have gone into shock if I'd seen a snapped neck. I'll post a pic of the damage when I get home.
Where would I find that Derreck Nelson guy, Doctor J. Would you have a phone no. for him?

Never knew you could fix a headstock....Hopefully I can get it sorted, cos I have zero cash to spend on a new guitar at present.

feylya · 06-12-2004 3:51pm

You can basically fix anything on a guitar. Hopefully you'll be lucky with this Derreck Nelson guy. Some luthiers won't even touch a broken headstock.

Doctor J · 06-12-2004 4:25pm

Derrick works from Marlay Park in Dublin, his number is 01 4942741. I saw the work he did on a Les Paul which was left sitting on a chair, went flying, cracked headstock and neck. The damage was undetectable afterwards.

feylya · 06-12-2004 5:18pm

Which no doubt will be sold without telling the buyer the neck was repaired.

Doctor J · 06-12-2004 5:20pm

This was back in 93. I imagine the guitar has long since been passed on

feylya · 06-12-2004 5:23pm

And that wouldn't piss you off? Buying a guitar for the full price and finding out afterwards that it was repaired?

Doctor J · 06-12-2004 5:27pm

Oh big time. But the guy probably never found out, it was an excellent repair. Buying second hand is always a gamble, there are low fooookers out there who will always try and pull a fast one. That, sadly, is just the way of the world and seemingly has been since folks went around saying Caveat Emptor

feylya · 06-12-2004 5:35pm

And you wonder why I don't want to buy second hand...

Doctor J · 06-12-2004 5:38pm

Nope, I've much better things to occupy my thoughts

feylya · 06-12-2004 6:30pm

Like what to buy next?

Doctor J · 06-12-2004 6:31pm

At the moment, it's what to sell

feylya · 06-12-2004 7:15pm

Same here. But I sell to buy

Phil_321 · 08-12-2004 7:45pm

Thanks for that number Doc, I'll contact that guy at the weekend when I'm free.

Reversed over my guitar

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