If you’re in Florida, Tom Jacobs in the Merritt Island/Titusville area is the favorite go-to Guild luthier for many on this board. You can also ship the instrument to
Sorry about that GAD.Thread moved and post fixed.
Oh no worries at all. I just like to be clear when I change stuff.Sorry about that GAD.
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Boy I hope so.The same thing happened to my 2000's SFIV. It actually goes away / gets better with the seasonal change. Haven't bothered to "fix" it yet.
I'm going to contact Tom Jacobs in the Merritt Island/Titusville, Fl. See what he thinks is the best course of action.Is there anything that can be done (clamping, gluing) to mollify the separation effect here?
Doesn't look obvious to me as it's clearly ripping the edge of the wood where the binding is pulling off.
Hate to see this on such a high-end model!
My Guild/Benedetto Johnny Smith Award is okay (so far). I think @GAD has a Benedetto X-700. Maybe he should check on it.
I'm sure this has been discussed to death here on LTG, but I have strong opinions about guitars in cases. Unless I am playing the guitar, it is ALWAYS in a case. I don't worry about whether the case is humidified, but this has to do with my living in Florida where humidity is never a problem as far as guitars are concerned (unless you're air-conditioning the daylights out of your house, which I don't).Is it better to keep your guitars in their cases
Conversely, I have lived in low humidity (Los Angeles) medium humidity in summer and low in winter (Ann Arbor MI) and high humidity summer and low winter now (Wilmington NC). My '72 G37 has lived mostly outside its case in all three locations and has no issues.I'm sure this has been discussed to death here on LTG, but I have strong opinions about guitars in cases. Unless I am playing the guitar, it is ALWAYS in a case. I don't worry about whether the case is humidified, but this has to do with my living in Florida where humidity is never a problem as far as guitars are concerned (unless you're air-conditioning the daylights out of your house, which I don't).