davismanLV
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Sorry for the delay, mis amigos y amigas, but since Tom Jacobs called today and asked if anything was wrong, I had to admit that ..... yeah, some fairly major $hit was wrong. Got the guitar back last Friday and I was so happy with the result. You have to understand that we (the guitar and I) went down.... HARD!! 3 soundboard cracks and some braces broken loose!! So there was only one option.... Tom Jacobs Custom Guitars in Florida. That's the only person I'd trust with my baby that I bought new in 1994. Shipped it off with tears in my eyes thinking I'd probably never see it again and that I'd have one of those horror stories of guitar shipping. Tom, Delyne, and Dave are all so PRO!! Now it's back and he communicated with me along the way. Not as bad as he'd feared and then it began. Not sure what kinda magic they use there but I'm PRETTY SURE it's just called SKILL and killer workmanship.
I know I said I'd post photos and rave about the skills. The best thing is Tom called today to see if everything was okay. Well it's not okay. I was so happy to have the guitar back and tuned it up and, damn dead 6th (low E) string. So it thudded. So I said Okay tomorrow I'll change the strings. Had my normal Sunday and then standing up, my old rebuilt knee just said F**K IT and crunched and popped and ...... it's done. I had to crawl out of the bathroom and climb up on the bed. Don was trying to help but I said, "Don, you're 9 years older than me and I'm 230 pounds (and losing!!) what can ya do??" So I crawled out of the bathroom and climbed up on the bed. Left knee is shot. I've been avoiding this for years, but no more. Appointment with the Knee Replacement Doc is on Thursday. Let's just get it done.
So that's why the delay and appreciate the call from Tom. He's a super good guy and his office and business runs like a well oiled machine!!
So at first the low e string was dead and thuddy. I couldn't cope. So I said tomorrow I'll change the strings. I started that job and that's when the knee destruction happened. Crutches and non weight bearing on that side. It'll get fixed. Seeing the knee replacement guy on Thursday. I should've done this a long time ago.
ANYWAY, I changed the strings, it sounds amazing (like it never left here) and it looks amazing!! Keep in mind one kinda major crack in the soundboard and two lesser ones plus some braces were involved.
So shut up Tom, and show us photos, right???
Here we go:
And weird imperfections are from my crappy photography. If you ever need help with a guitar, Tom Jacobs Custom Guitars in Merritt Island, Fl is where you go!! On the forum he's Fixit and he's THE BEST!!
Thanks, Tom, Delyne and Dave!! I had a short little playing session tonight and it sounds as good as ever.
Warning: Be very careful with the medicine doctors give you. They don't really care if you break your favorite guitar and just put their shoulders up and say, "It happens sometimes." They don't tell you that BEFORE you take it!!
All Is well in Las Vegas, except my knees but I don't think Tom does those. I sure wish he did. All photographics errors are mine and mine alone!!
THANKS, TOM!!! :encouragement::encouragement:
I know I said I'd post photos and rave about the skills. The best thing is Tom called today to see if everything was okay. Well it's not okay. I was so happy to have the guitar back and tuned it up and, damn dead 6th (low E) string. So it thudded. So I said Okay tomorrow I'll change the strings. Had my normal Sunday and then standing up, my old rebuilt knee just said F**K IT and crunched and popped and ...... it's done. I had to crawl out of the bathroom and climb up on the bed. Don was trying to help but I said, "Don, you're 9 years older than me and I'm 230 pounds (and losing!!) what can ya do??" So I crawled out of the bathroom and climbed up on the bed. Left knee is shot. I've been avoiding this for years, but no more. Appointment with the Knee Replacement Doc is on Thursday. Let's just get it done.
So that's why the delay and appreciate the call from Tom. He's a super good guy and his office and business runs like a well oiled machine!!
So at first the low e string was dead and thuddy. I couldn't cope. So I said tomorrow I'll change the strings. I started that job and that's when the knee destruction happened. Crutches and non weight bearing on that side. It'll get fixed. Seeing the knee replacement guy on Thursday. I should've done this a long time ago.
ANYWAY, I changed the strings, it sounds amazing (like it never left here) and it looks amazing!! Keep in mind one kinda major crack in the soundboard and two lesser ones plus some braces were involved.
So shut up Tom, and show us photos, right???
Here we go:
And weird imperfections are from my crappy photography. If you ever need help with a guitar, Tom Jacobs Custom Guitars in Merritt Island, Fl is where you go!! On the forum he's Fixit and he's THE BEST!!
Thanks, Tom, Delyne and Dave!! I had a short little playing session tonight and it sounds as good as ever.
Warning: Be very careful with the medicine doctors give you. They don't really care if you break your favorite guitar and just put their shoulders up and say, "It happens sometimes." They don't tell you that BEFORE you take it!!
All Is well in Las Vegas, except my knees but I don't think Tom does those. I sure wish he did. All photographics errors are mine and mine alone!!
THANKS, TOM!!! :encouragement::encouragement:
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