I took Juliet in to the local guitar place, mostly to get there opinion on her and more importantly to have the last, bigger hole checked out. As it turns out, the hole is harmless. In fact, they both chuckled at how concerned I seemed about it but they were really nice guys so I [...]
And I Broke a String Already
So, I’m apparently just really stupid or really careless but either way, I’m starting to think maybe I should have gone for nylon strings over steel. The steel strings were definitely too heavy and difficult to handle, which is made worse by the fact that I have short, rather weak fingers. Which means, shopping tomorrow, [...]
The Process of Repair
Repairing Juliet actually turned out to be easier than I thought it would be, thanks to eBay and my grandpa. As far as parts went, things were pretty cheap. A new bridge: $9.90 New pins: $7.90 A new saddle: $2.71 A set of strings: $2.28 Which totaled to a whooping $22.79 Well, I wasn’t able [...]
Back at Square One
Honestly, there really is no way to describe what was wrong with her in words. Which is why there are pictures. Add that to the fact that I really didn’t know much about the guitar, and after a month of researching, I still haven’t learned anything, this looked like it would be a hopeless case. [...]
