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Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 1 day agoI 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
JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
So you think Willie Nelson should replace the top on Trigger?
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 day ago
I think they will ask you if it was damaged…
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.
Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Sure, why not
JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip 16 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.
Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 36 minutes ago
He has it repaired regularly dumbass, says so in the wiki article you idiots keep posting