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jazzyvee

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ouch...oucH...ouCH....oUCH.....OUCH!!!
« on: September 12, 2025, 02:33:38 PM »
Just had to share this from facebook. And we thought it was United who breaks guitars.

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Re: ouch...oucH...ouCH....oUCH.....OUCH!!!
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2025, 02:42:41 PM »
oh the horror!
gotta wonder how they did that.  kinda looks like a forklift drove over it.
yikes.
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Re: ouch...oucH...ouCH....oUCH.....OUCH!!!
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2025, 03:32:56 PM »
That ought to buff right out!
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Re: ouch...oucH...ouCH....oUCH.....OUCH!!!
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2025, 03:59:26 PM »
Well it IS a bolt-on neck… could be repairable.
OR
Send it to Gregory - bit of wood glue and proper clamping.   I’ve seen him repair bad stuff on the regular.
Bonus!  Strings were protected from rattling on the frets.





Serious mechanical force was in play there.  😳

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Re: ouch...oucH...ouCH....oUCH.....OUCH!!!
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2025, 05:50:37 PM »
The newspaper stuffed in the case to help support the neck certainly wasn't up to the task at hand.

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Re: ouch...oucH...ouCH....oUCH.....OUCH!!!
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2025, 07:57:16 PM »
WOW, how do ya do that? but hey, the electronics should be fine...

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« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2025, 09:45:15 PM »
WOW, how do ya do that? but hey, the electronics should be fine...

As a former forklift driver, I'm going to go ahead & say BeenDown may be right; those suckers - even the smaller ones - weigh a good sight more than a full-sized SUV.
But I would expect a wide flat wheel track in the case at the bend.  And while they're both heavy and powerful, I'm not sure one could actually roll over something that thick; wheels are too small, it would probably just push it.
 I think it more likely that it was sticking out the front of the pallet (where the driver couldn't see it) and when he couldn't get the pallet where he wanted it, rather than get off & see why he just backed up, got a running start, and rammed it in.
Saw that kind of thing on loading docks all the time (especially non-Teamster* docks).
Though I have not yet figured out how either of those scenarios could have left the sharp-v bend at the neck joint and the crushed corner.
Just glad it wasn't an Alembic.......


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Re: ouch...oucH...ouCH....oUCH.....OUCH!!!
« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2025, 10:30:35 AM »
Holy cow. 
To do that to a case with an instrument inside is an impressive task. 
Never seen anything like that before.  Thought I was scared to ship before.  Yikes.
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