Godin classical got punched

Maverick

I didn't think i was that bad at guitar, but a drunk punched it while i was playing. The top has split in two or three places. 800 year old Canadian wood apparently.

It's the La patrie presentation model.

Any idea of the cost of getting it fixed? It retails for £899 now (seems to have gone up a lot in price from a few years ago)

Maverick

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ElectricXII

I hope you punched the twat right back.

imalrightjack

Hang on…more of the story, please!

Sounds traumatic!

Ozzie744

I have no idea what fixing that might cost, I'm just sorry to hear that it happened. 
I like Godins, they make great guitars. Very under appreciated.

WezV

Looks like it's mainly split along the grain, so standard split repair and cleat should do it.  Some braces may need regluing too, and the bridge might need to come off to do all this.  It all depends how easily it all pushes back into place.

Can't say what most would charge for that, but it is definitely repairable and should be good once done

Maverick

WezV said:

Looks like it's mainly split along the grain, so standard split repair and cleat should do it.  Some braces may need regluing too, and the bridge might need to come off to do all this.  It all depends how easily it all pushes back into place.

Can't say what most would charge for that, but it is definitely repairable and should be good once done

I've tried pushing it back from underneath but it won't budge, worst of the split seems to be where the brace is and if i try and force it, seems like i might do more damage. It's cedar wood if that makes any difference.

LionAquaLooper

Hang on. What did you do after that bastard punched it?? That's a key part of the story! 

DefaultM

What the fuck?

Supportact

What kind of person punches a guitar?? FFS. 

Kittyfrisk

Classical audiences certainly aren't what they used to be...
Sorry to hear about about your experience, where are you based? Might help in getting suggestions for a suitable sympathetic luthier to fix it.

SlopeSoarer

Criminal damage, get the bell end done and pay for the repair (with luck)!

JerkMoans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApmZm0liKKE

Svartmetall

LionAquaLooper said:

Hang on. What did you do after that bastard punched it?? That's a key part of the story! 

"A&E confirmed that it was first time they've ever had to removed a vibrato bar from someone's rectum."

Winny_Pooh

Maverick said:

I didn't think i was that bad at guitar, but a drunk punched it while i was playing. The top has split in two or three places. 800 year old Canadian wood apparently.

It's the La patrie presentation model.

Any idea of the cost of getting it fixed? It retails for £899 now (seems to have gone up a lot in price from a few years ago)

I know this story. Was it my dad? 

Supportact

Svartmetall said:

LionAquaLooper said:

Hang on. What did you do after that bastard punched it?? That's a key part of the story! 

"A&E confirmed that it was first time they've ever had to removed a vibrato bar from someone's rectum."

''At least, not one off a classical guitar. They'd done a couple of superstrats before, and a gretsch, said a spokesman'' 

Dave_Mc

Svartmetall said:

LionAquaLooper said:

Hang on. What did you do after that bastard punched it?? That's a key part of the story! 

"A&E confirmed that it was first time they've ever had to removed a vibrato bar from someone's rectum."

I highly doubt it is

Dave_Mc

That's awful  I guess the drunkenness covers the "why?", but it's still awful...

ICBM

Take a Telecaster next time. If punching it fails to hurt the arsehole enough to make him regret it, the guitar hitting the back of his head will.









Joking aside, that’s a shitty thing to happen. A long time ago some idiot karate-kicked my guitar at a bar gig, which luckily was a Strat - he made contact with the tremolo arm so all it did was go drastically out of tune for half a second. Unfortunately I was looking across at the drummer for an end-of-song cue exactly when it happened, or I would have grabbed his foot and upended him. No idea why he did it, other than alcohol and being a moron.

Your guitar does look repairable by a good luthier, but it won’t be that cheap - are you insured?

Maverick

Well... not much of a story. I punched a door instead of my dads face. Now i think my hand is broken...
No guitar playing for a while. It's only been 3 days and I'm already driving up the wall.

First time i played that classical all year. It was completely mint and i rarely play it as i didn't want to bash it.

I'm usually a strat guy as well

Maverick

Emailed a few places about repair, yet to hear anything. Will be in the Herts,beds,bucks area