Well as promised the much needed update to this Roadcase.
So some of you may recall back in January, after a wonderful 2 years together, my beloved Wine Red LP Studio aka Cherry had what I thought to be a fatal accident and with all the restrictions and limitations arising from the Covid pandemic, was pretty much consigned to history.
As the Red Queen said "Off with their heads"
On that day the world fell out of my bottom, or so it felt. But every cloud has at least one silver lining.
As it was my 65th this year, my good lady had been constantly asking what I wanted, for what was once a milestone UK birthday (but my state pension now starts next year). So browsing on the Thomann website and loitering on the image of a complete Cherry in all her splendour, such was the disappointment
when a few clicks later revealed a gorgeous Smokehouse Burst Studio LP and my heart melted. It did not take much persuading from my wife, for me to agree it would make a fine birthday present. So although the brown box arrived long before the big day, I waited patiently until the 30th of March before fully welcoming Smokey into my life.
Now in the midst of all the chaos and joy Stitch had said Cherry could be repaired if I found a good luthier. I'd had a look around and made some enquiries but my shop in Rennes was in the middle of a covid hotspot zone and Thomann's repair centre seemed to have gone awol since mid January.
So the day after my birthday, with lockdown 3 quickly approaching I decided to look again for a local luthier and blow me down found a Geordie 7 minutes up the road !!
https://www.srb-guitars.com/Having gone round to SRB on April 1st (!!) the day before lockdown kicked off again, the fix was discussed, prices and timescales confirmed and Cherry was left with Doctor Steve.
Today she came home and I am blown way by the job he has done and I am sure if you had not known what had happened, you would be none the wiser, despite some very very minor hairline markers, that were to be expected due to the vagaries of nitro and the nature of the break. So here she is
The damaged headstock veneer is as good as new, it was sheared off right on the top truss rod cover screw
The paint work has been blended in and could be the original finish
With the headstock repaired and a new set up done, she now plays like butter and the action is silky smooth.
I am really impressed with the overall work and the set up on Cherry, so will return soon. A set up on its own actually works out cheaper, when I add the fuel and parking costs for visiting Rennes. Plus to be honest Steve's work and care seems to be a few hundred percent better, so at 50 euros a pop, I will slowly introduce him the other six electrics, cos I am pretty ok with the two acoustics. He also runs a couple of guitar maintenance courses each year (he's been building for 40 years and a tech in various UK and French shops), so I might check that out as well, when the corona dust settles, as the man is a mind of information and genuinely good geezer !!
So all is well with the world once more.
So after a nightmare start to my guitar year and the apparent existence of a second silver lining, I can now present my new
Gibson Double Album ..................
because of course with a double album you always got 2 LPs !!
And now one family photo for the album, before I manage to break anything else.
So that's it folks apart from this years Open Mic performance and the continued saga of the Madman's Diaries
Now what was I saying about Schecters ....................oh and some one mentioned pedal boards..............
Cheers
Toby
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