As a guitar player, you get so much used to how the instrument feels in your hand while you play it that even something that should make it better ends up making it feeling worse.
That said, if the husband really loved that guitar the way it was, he could have brought it back to the luthier, have them undo their job. Stop playing it altogether was his decision and acting like that seems like a “punishment” for their spouse. That would be childish and borderline toxic behavior.
As I already said, a guitar tech can bring it back to its original state for free or a small fee in a matter of minutes. If you refuse to play it instead then its on you.
And if the patina is now shine? and the scratches are now filled with wood glue under a glued on pick guard? and the peg that came off that old banjo they found in the middle of a gig 20 years ago has been replaced with a brand new set. And the notch on the edging where steve’s girlfriend slammed a nazi in the face at the same party where sabrina fucked that idiot from the ska band and got pregnant?
You are woefully unimaginative if you think everything can be reversed.
You watched too many tik toks and evidently never had a guitar looked by a tech: 200$ is gonna get you at best a couple hours of work and a new set of strings.
Anything else is just an articulate fantasy to hide the fact you got rage baited by a 4chan post like a noob.
Not really the same thing at all as my car cost $1000s of dollars and is a necessity for making a living. Although I would still be POed if someone took it to a shop without my consent as I am more than capable of changing the bulbs myself and taking it to a shop risks having the FNG screw something up. Also unlikely they’re gonna return the old bulb to you in case you want to put it back. So no, it’s not reversible.
A guitar I found in the trash is very different. It cost me nothing but the time and effort I put into fixing it up. Time and effort that has now been nullified by having a professional redo it. It’s not my effort that brought this thing back from being garbage anymore, it’s this other guy that got paid to take over my work.
As a fellow guitar player I’m not certain why this is being down voted so hard? Guitars are made to be modified, so anything that was done can be undone.
The interesting thing is that the wife said she only spent $200 bucks to get the guitar repair. Your mileage may vary, but in my neck of the woods $200 doesn’t get you too much in the way of a repair. They would probably offer to give your guitar a ‘setup’ and a new pack of strings, near me that would cost around $100, maybe a little more. So whatever else they fixed couldn’t have been too invasive, possibly new tuning pegs or resolved any wiring issues?
Everything there can be undone, a setup is the hardest as it would change the feel of the guitar. For the most part the ‘feel’, really only comes down to string height or ‘action’. That’s a quick fix for a guitar tech if brought back to the shop, hell a motivated amateur could probably probably figure out how to make that adjustment with a screwdriver and a Google search.
All that said I totally understand how the ‘magic’ of a guitar can easily be lost in the hands of a well intentioned but misguided guitar tech.
And if the road-earned patina is now shine? and the scratches are now filled with wood glue under a glued on pick guard? and the peg that came off that old banjo they found in the middle of a gig 20 years ago has been replaced with a brand new set. And the notch on the edging where steve’s girlfriend slammed a nazi in the face at the same party where sabrina fucked that idiot from the ska band and got pregnant?
Let me start by saying I get it, sometimes the ‘magic’ of a guitar gets ruined by a well intentioned guitar tech.
That said what you are describing is a complete re-finishing job, and possibly a gutting the guitar down to a husk and replacing all the parts. The paint will easily cost upwards of 1-2k, and swapping out everything with decent parts could cost $500 - $1,000.
The ‘wife’ in the green text said she spent $200, for that price you aren’t getting much, fresh strings, a setup, and possibly a spot level and crown for any high frets. A few minor tweaks, that in theory could be undone.
Yeah probably the wife went to the guitar tech and asked “can you please make this better” and they gave it the classic fret leveling and crowning for a lower action and probably not much more for 200$. But the downvote mob already picked its side in this story so I’m not even gonna bother correcting them.
As a guitar player, you get so much used to how the instrument feels in your hand while you play it that even something that should make it better ends up making it feeling worse.
That said, if the husband really loved that guitar the way it was, he could have brought it back to the luthier, have them undo their job. Stop playing it altogether was his decision and acting like that seems like a “punishment” for their spouse. That would be childish and borderline toxic behavior.
Maybe he’s not doing it as a punishment. Maybe the spark is just gone now that it’s not “his” anymore.
As I already said, a guitar tech can bring it back to its original state for free or a small fee in a matter of minutes. If you refuse to play it instead then its on you.
It can’t go back to a state of not having been fucked with by someone else. That’s literally impossible.
To give you an analogy, it would be like giving up your car because some guy changed the lightbulbs in your headlights. That is literally reversible.
And if the patina is now shine? and the scratches are now filled with wood glue under a glued on pick guard? and the peg that came off that old banjo they found in the middle of a gig 20 years ago has been replaced with a brand new set. And the notch on the edging where steve’s girlfriend slammed a nazi in the face at the same party where sabrina fucked that idiot from the ska band and got pregnant?
You are woefully unimaginative if you think everything can be reversed.
You watched too many tik toks and evidently never had a guitar looked by a tech: 200$ is gonna get you at best a couple hours of work and a new set of strings.
Anything else is just an articulate fantasy to hide the fact you got rage baited by a 4chan post like a noob.
Literally all of those things can be reversed as long as the original components haven’t been completely destroyed, your imagination is stupid
Not really the same thing at all as my car cost $1000s of dollars and is a necessity for making a living. Although I would still be POed if someone took it to a shop without my consent as I am more than capable of changing the bulbs myself and taking it to a shop risks having the FNG screw something up. Also unlikely they’re gonna return the old bulb to you in case you want to put it back. So no, it’s not reversible.
A guitar I found in the trash is very different. It cost me nothing but the time and effort I put into fixing it up. Time and effort that has now been nullified by having a professional redo it. It’s not my effort that brought this thing back from being garbage anymore, it’s this other guy that got paid to take over my work.
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As a fellow guitar player I’m not certain why this is being down voted so hard? Guitars are made to be modified, so anything that was done can be undone.
The interesting thing is that the wife said she only spent $200 bucks to get the guitar repair. Your mileage may vary, but in my neck of the woods $200 doesn’t get you too much in the way of a repair. They would probably offer to give your guitar a ‘setup’ and a new pack of strings, near me that would cost around $100, maybe a little more. So whatever else they fixed couldn’t have been too invasive, possibly new tuning pegs or resolved any wiring issues?
Everything there can be undone, a setup is the hardest as it would change the feel of the guitar. For the most part the ‘feel’, really only comes down to string height or ‘action’. That’s a quick fix for a guitar tech if brought back to the shop, hell a motivated amateur could probably probably figure out how to make that adjustment with a screwdriver and a Google search.
All that said I totally understand how the ‘magic’ of a guitar can easily be lost in the hands of a well intentioned but misguided guitar tech.
Repeating myself from a previous comment:
And if the road-earned patina is now shine? and the scratches are now filled with wood glue under a glued on pick guard? and the peg that came off that old banjo they found in the middle of a gig 20 years ago has been replaced with a brand new set. And the notch on the edging where steve’s girlfriend slammed a nazi in the face at the same party where sabrina fucked that idiot from the ska band and got pregnant?
Let me start by saying I get it, sometimes the ‘magic’ of a guitar gets ruined by a well intentioned guitar tech.
That said what you are describing is a complete re-finishing job, and possibly a gutting the guitar down to a husk and replacing all the parts. The paint will easily cost upwards of 1-2k, and swapping out everything with decent parts could cost $500 - $1,000.
The ‘wife’ in the green text said she spent $200, for that price you aren’t getting much, fresh strings, a setup, and possibly a spot level and crown for any high frets. A few minor tweaks, that in theory could be undone.
Totally fair.
Yeah probably the wife went to the guitar tech and asked “can you please make this better” and they gave it the classic fret leveling and crowning for a lower action and probably not much more for 200$. But the downvote mob already picked its side in this story so I’m not even gonna bother correcting them.
Exactly, for that price you’re not really getting much aside from a few playability tweaks.
Well thanks for being the litmus paper in this argument, if you don’t already know there is a nice com in c/guitars, come hang out!