Worth repairing? Old L5.

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Or not?

L5 crack.webp
 
Just wondering if it's going to fly apart some day.
Been like this for over 50 years.
 
Manslick said:
Just wondering if it's going to fly apart some day.
Been like this for over 50 years.
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If it does, just think of all the good stories you can tell and embellish over the years, like how part of it took out your aquarium and your rugs were ruined and the cat ran over and started eating the fish. How the head stock got stuck in the ceiling and the truss rod put a hole in the refrigerator door. How the strings wrapped around your leg and when you got up they started pulling on your leg, just like I'm pulling yours. It could be epic. With a good imagination you could entertain for an hour or so. People love to be entertained. I think I learned that by five years old. Saved me a lot grief.
 
There are some very good luthiers who could get that thing back into shape. Some older L5 can be pricey. You might check with Ryan Scott at Scott Guitar Works. He could give you an idea of what a repair would run, and you could compare to the value of the instrument. I've heard he does some good work.
 
dogooder said:
If it does, just think of all the good stories you can tell and embellish over the years, like how part of it took out your aquarium and your rugs were ruined and the cat ran over and started eating the fish. How the head stock got stuck in the ceiling and the truss rod put a hole in the refrigerator door. How the strings wrapped around your leg and when you got up they started pulling on your leg, just like I'm pulling yours. It could be epic. With a good imagination you could entertain for an hour or so. People love to be entertained. I think I learned that by five years old. Saved me a lot grief.
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I do have a string story.
Way back when I lived on So. Pky I had a Retriever puppy. I had changed the strings and wound them up tight, like I do and dropped them in the trash.
A bit later I heard the dog gagging and saw him come out the kitchen with the ends of the strings dangling out his mouth.
I had no choice but to pull them out.
It was tense for a minute, but he survived.
Not him, but close.
black dog.webp
 
Glad that one worked out. Guitar strings can be so sharp. Dogs can be like kids, they will try to eat the craziest things.
 
That reminds me of when I was managing the Parts Dept at our Olds dealer in '86. A tech in the shop was working on an '82 Olds 88 diesel and the engine took off at full throttle - referred to as a "runaway". Due to the nature of diesel operation, there's almost no way to stop it. The ignition is out of the loop so cutting it off does nothing. You have to cut off the air supply at the intake to choke it off. That tech and a couple others stood there throwing shop rags and towels into the intake in an attempt to starve the engine of air, but the suction was so strong they just got sucked through and began shooting out the exhaust tail pipe. Finally, someone got brave and threw one of his uniform jackets over the intake and held it there until it stopped.

Hmmm.. that's really nothing like your story, but it's still cool. Next time, I'll find some way of working my old Epiphone acoustic into the story.
 
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