Godin classical got punched

bertie

ICBM said:

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.

worked for Keef

Maverick

This guy had the right idea

barnstorm

Maverick said:

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

Andy Viccars would be worth a try if he's not among those you've already contacted. Haven't needed anything sorting out in a long time now, but I was always pleased with the work he did.

Maverick

He was the only person that got back to me. He's not taking on repairs now semi retired, only making.

Jalapeno

Talk to Richard @ https://readingguitarrepairs.com/ ;

He's done all sorts of repairs for my older guitars.

He's to the north of Reading in Peppard Common.

LionAquaLooper

So a drunk punched your guitar....you wanted to punch your dad's face....but ended up punching a door instead.  So now there's a broken guitar,  a broken hand...and probably a smirking dad somewhere because he got away unscathed.

This sounds like one of Bob Mortimer's anecdotes in "Would I Lie To You?"

impmann

Have you tried Bill Puplett? He's in Harrow Weald from memory.

JJ72

The 5 pints in version of me has had enough so going to ask what we're all thinking- time to spit to spit it out...if you're gonna start a discussion/ thread like this,stop being so guarded and tell us in full detail what actually happened?
Then we can help with the guitar!

LionAquaLooper

Hold on. Did you want to punch your dad's face because HE'S the drunk who punched your guitar??  

digitalkettle

JJ72 said:

The 5 pints in version of me…

It’s half seven on a school night!

guitars4you

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."

There was a story a few years ago about Pete Townshend when he was playing a Fender EC Strat - Doing his windmill, he put the Trem arm through his hand 

Kittyfrisk

digitalkettle said:

JJ72 said:

The 5 pints in version of me…

It’s half seven on a school night!

Yeah, you can spot teacher's that have had a hard day...

TeleMaster

Jesus. Were you playing Sweet Caroline in a bar in Liverpool again?

Funkfingers

Supportact said:

What kind of person punches a guitar? 

A soon-to-be ex-spouse.

Kurtis

Supportact said:

What kind of person punches a guitar?? FFS. 

Wish I'd thought of it! 

Maverick

JJ72 said:

The 5 pints in version of me has had enough so going to ask what we're all thinking- time to spit to spit it out...if you're gonna start a discussion/ thread like this,stop being so guarded and tell us in full detail what actually happened?
Then we can help with the guitar!

My dad is more of a 15 pints kind of guy!

Maverick

ICBM said:

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

Not insured.
Had an email back Estimate £80 plus vat for Split repairs with small splints inside, just local crack repairs/making good on top. Cracks will still be visible. Seems reasonable.

Svartmetall

Maverick said: Had an email back Estimate £80 plus vat for Split repairs with small splints inside, just local crack repairs/making good on top. Cracks will still be visible. Seems reasonable.

Yay, and stuff  

TheMadMick

Price seems about right. I had a side crack on a Guild reinforced, fret dress and some cosmetic work for £150.00.

english_bob

LionAquaLooper said:

This sounds like one of Bob Mortimer's anecdotes in "Would I Lie To You?"

"A drunk once punched my guitar, so instead of punching my dad's face I punched a door and broke my hand"





"There's an awful lot of punching in this story, isn't there? Is this how everyone behaves in the North?"