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There’s not enough context here to say that with any certainty. If husband was playing it and enjoying it, then it’s doing the job it needs to. Even if it was actually broken and actually fixed, it still changes the relationship between player and instrument and could’ve easily taken away earned character as a way to make it look “nice”

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Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I don’t have a lot of sympathy for the idea of damage as character or lack of maintenance for a musical instrument as an aesthetic decision rather than just a bad decision, but you’re right about there not being enough information

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- JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  So you think Willie Nelson should replace the top on Trigger?
  
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  - M0oP0o@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I think they will ask you if it was damaged…
    
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    bstix@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Willie did try taking it to a repair shop one time when his regular luthier was unavailable. They refused to touch it, because they were afraid of fixing something that shouldn’t be fixed.
    
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  - Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Sure, why not
    
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    JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Because it’s more valuable as is
    
    I don’t even mean monetary value (though that’s also true, you don’t refinish a vintage guitar because you halve the selling price), but the historical value and sentimental value and enjoyment value. It’s a record of the time he’s put in on it and the dedication to this instrument. That means something, more than “fixing” it ever could.
    
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