sean RT Gold City Guitar Repair
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likely you’re looking for a pvc strip curtain, used in commercial cold storage warehouses too. hope that helps!
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my first thought about clients not humidifying ( being as common as it is ) makes me think that a regularly scheduled email newsletter reminder about the importance regionally ( with photographic evidence as shock value ) would be beneficial, but as well, offering up alternative resources to humidification that are not of the commodified ilk…a once a month reminder of “ did you remoisten your spongy soap keeper “ would keep the crack keepers at bay ( perhaps) but also create an atmosphere of “ I care about your instrument too “ which can create better continued business without crack recidivist issues? I think that the repair warranty Issue regarding RH dovetails with this in some aspects…
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Yup, in this case I would make sure to tenon the horn mishap ( strap vs. weight can make it vulnerable ) . I agree with paint but also consider veneering at this point as well…natural face/painted body? Inlay can also be your friend. Bondo and epoxy can too in a pinch if you are painting. I don’t think either of these are lost causes just not what you expected or what you ordered… it’s still plausibly guitar meat even if it’s “grade D but edible”.
feel bad about selling at full price? You probably have friends who would jump at the chance for a prototype.
I’ve made some hot garbage other people were stoked about…I just made sure my name wasn’t on it! 🤣 plausible deniability and all that.
But man, what would Leo Fenders’ hot garbage go for? Or did they just toss it all like the other things they could have auctioned at Christie’s?
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I struggle with seeing the forest for the trees myself. I think a few things about this topic. One is “happy accidents” aka bob ross. Shift your perspective and perhaps your design is telling you to see another facet you have not explored. Being rigid in your expectations can stifle your creativity and momentum. Two is that you will certainly always make mistakes, the goal is to see them as opportunities to make new mistakes. Craftsmen are not commonly known for the best of their skills: hiding mistakes. The last is the simple fact that if only guitars were sold with no ‘mistakes’ in the wake, we would be inundated with a lot more fancy firewood…point being, sometimes these struggles at surface are just process in the end. You are building, and that is what matters most…I have a sign on my bench I made that says “ keep tryying “ spelled wrong on purpose to remind me of this…
