Author Topic: Wake of the Flood (Read 494 times)

lbpesq · « **Reply #15 on:** February 25, 2013, 08:52:25 PM »

Oooops, 2X post.

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lbpesq · « **Reply #16 on:** February 25, 2013, 08:55:10 PM »

Senior management says: oooooooooohhhhhh, they're VERY cute. And indeed they are! Ours turned 18 last week. And yes, those smiles do help to soften the blow. Leak found and fixed. We have running water again! Dehumidifiers and fans still running downstairs. Yard all torn up. This is going to take some time, but it could have been a lot worse.

Thanks for all the good thoughts. If anyone could understand the whole guitar/water/humidity thing, it would be here.

Bill, tgo

jacko · « **Reply #17 on:** February 27, 2013, 04:55:29 AM »

really sorry to hear about your problems Bill. if you need somewhere to store your instruments I have space :-)

Graeme

lbpesq · « **Reply #18 on:** March 01, 2013, 11:01:07 AM »

Thanks to all of you for your good vibes. Water all back on, trenches in yard all filled back in, and I have two thirds of my studio back - I'll be hosting a jam this weekend. The guy who will replace the dry wall and carpet also comes this weekend. I suspect this is going to take some time, but it could have been much worse. If it had happened one day later, I wouldn't have caught it for a week during which much of my equipment and instruments would probably have been sitting in a few inches of water! The insurance company has been contacted about the one damaged guitar - we'll see how that goes.

The picture below is my Martin 00-18C which, when I pulled it from its case to wipe down the damp bottom, I found one of the strings had broken. Our cat, Cattabis Indica, (Indy for short), loves guitar strings! She's always hanging around swatting at loose strings whenever I do a string change.

Bill, tgo

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #19 on:** March 01, 2013, 03:48:26 PM »

So, which one took the hit? (Inquiring minds and all, you know)

Peter

lbpesq · « **Reply #20 on:** March 03, 2013, 11:33:40 AM »

My Farren Scroll. I know nothing about the builder other than it was apparently built in '79 and appears to be his second instrument. Alembic style hippie sandwich construction with some seriously flamed maple on top. It has started to delaminate at the bottom where it got wet.

Bill, tgo

dela217 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 03, 2013, 02:53:54 PM »

Bill

When I saw the title of this thread, I thought that it was some link to a new band on You Tube.

This is a shame. I am glad you got it mostly resolved and cleaned up.

Please post a pic of that Farren Scroll!! I would love to see it.

As far as it's delamination goes, it seems that it will never be the same. But as the wood dries out it does get a little better and the delamination isn't as drastic. I have a Hyak that this happened to. I was able to glue the body wings back, but the neck is still delaminated in the body from the pickups to past the tailpiece.

Michael

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #22 on:** March 03, 2013, 07:53:36 PM »

Ouch. Here's hoping Michael is too pessimistic (BTW, Michael, any progress on the hurricane Alembic's resuurection?). And, yes, I'd like to see the Farron, too.

Peter

jazzyvee · « **Reply #23 on:** March 03, 2013, 10:39:36 PM »

I just got this story Bill, sorry to hear about your flood, that's certainly a very unwelcome situation with that great collection you have going on there. I initially thought it was that reservoir near your home. I hope it all gets sorted with the guitars and they survive in tact.

Say hi to senior & Junior management. :-)
Jazzyvee

peoplechipper · « **Reply #24 on:** March 05, 2013, 12:19:35 AM »

at least the cat gets some fun from it...

lbpesq · « **Reply #25 on:** March 12, 2013, 05:12:23 PM »

Here's a picture of the Farren:

Here is the bottom showing where the wood has just started to separate:

Bill, tgo

lbpesq · « **Reply #26 on:** March 12, 2013, 05:15:04 PM »

Oooops! Double post.

Bill, tgo

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cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #27 on:** March 12, 2013, 08:39:21 PM »

Oh my, my! That is freaking spectaular! If the poor baby is too traumatized by the experience and needs to get away for awhile, she's always welcome to come visit Uncle Peter.
Do my eyes deceive me, or are the maple neck lams themselves laminated diagonally? And is that the jack protruding from the lower treble bout?

Peter

lbpesq · « **Reply #28 on:** March 15, 2013, 09:12:57 AM »

Peter:

The Farren is deep in a pile of guitars filling up my downstairs bathroom at the moment while the closets where they usually live are having walls and carpet replaced. I'll take a closer look when I can dig it out and let you know. I never noticed this before, but the pic does look like the lams have lams!

On another note, heard from the insurance company yesterday. They not only quickly agreed to pay the full stated value, the agent then asked me how much is the case worth? (it got damaged too). I figured a wood form fitting (Les Paul type) case is worth about $150. She said they would send me a check right away for the declared guitar value + $150 for the case. The company is Heritage which I found out about through this forum. This is the first time I've had to make a claim. I'm VERY impressed and strongly recommend them for instrument insurance.

Bill, tgo

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edwin · « **Reply #29 on:** March 15, 2013, 11:38:02 AM »

I've been using Heritage for years, although I've never had to make a claim. I did the switch from State Farm about 14 years ago when I made a claim, and against the assurances of their agent, they informed me that because I was a professional they would not cover my gear, however, they did cover the one thing I did claim, which only a $50 MIDI pedal. Glad to know the Heritage lives up to their reputation. My feeling about insurance, though, is that it's a great way to keep Murphy's law on your side.