What a crazy year for repairs

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simso
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What a crazy year for repairs

Post by simso » Sat May 15, 2021 4:03 pm

Have been so inundated with guitar repairs have put my hands up in surrender, no more guitars being accepted this year, zip, zilch - zero :), cannot handle talking to another customer and saying, your guitars in the que, will get to it as soon as I can

I also repair woodwind and brasswind instruments and thats a solid flow of work, not many people repair them.

Been teaching a little bit, Trying to get some local guys up and running to do guitar repairs from refrets to crack repairs.

Still got enough guitar repairs waiting to take me into next year.

Crazy I tell ya, in 20 yrs never seen it this busy.

Steve
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Re: What a crazy year for repairs

Post by kiwigeo » Sat May 15, 2021 7:21 pm

Always nice to hear from you Steve and glad to hear you've got plenty of work to keep you busy. I read somewhere that instrument sales always go up during times of crisis...I guess more instrument sales means more instrument repairs.
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Re: What a crazy year for repairs

Post by Dave M » Sun May 16, 2021 1:31 am

At least it means you're making a living! Cheers Dave
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Re: What a crazy year for repairs

Post by simso » Sun May 16, 2021 12:07 pm

Dave M wrote:
Sun May 16, 2021 1:31 am
At least it means you're making a living! Cheers Dave
I always try to encourage others who may be doing it tough in the build world to enter the repair world.

It has allowed me to put three kids through school, have a workshop, pay off a mortgage, buy cars and feed my family.

Hence my attached walk through tutorials, have been told many times now to turn it into a book and remove it from my website. I did not do it to make money, I did it to encourage others to repair

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Re: What a crazy year for repairs

Post by Andos » Sun May 16, 2021 7:50 pm

Your videos have been a great help thanks Steve and I must go back and check them out again soon. Atm I have my brothers guitar which has cracks running up both sides of the saddle. I'm not the best of luthiers, it's pretty daunting. I'll start the repair with one of these :gui gotta relax into it!!

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Re: What a crazy year for repairs

Post by simso » Sun May 16, 2021 8:49 pm

Post photos, ask away or feel free to pm me and I will happily walk you through it
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Re: What a crazy year for repairs

Post by Dave M » Mon May 17, 2021 1:45 am

And much appreciated they are!
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Re: What a crazy year for repairs

Post by Andos » Mon May 17, 2021 6:08 pm

Thanks Steve, I'll take you up on that kind offer.
I did start a thread on it a while ago - I'll have to pull finger, post an update and get some pics of its present condition.

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