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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by julianschmulian@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/guitars@lemmy.world

Just bought my first ever acoustic guitar (a Taylor Big Baby) used on a local craiglist-equivalent for about 130$. It came in the original gigback which had only one back strap left. I decided to bike home and strap the guitar crosswise on my back.. in hindsight I should have realised that the one strap could not be trusted. Anyway I biked for about 3m before the strao broke off completely and the guitar fell on the asphalt. Upon arriving home I found the damage you can see in the picture :( The tuning peg of the G string was very crooked, I pressed it back in shape and for the moment it seems relatively stable..

What do you think I should do? try to glue the piece together myself? get it done professionally? try to get a replacement headstock? thanks for any advice and condolences!

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[-] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Piping in the glue. Like how? Syringe?

[-] foggy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah buddy.

There's other ways but this would be the more professional way lol.

[-] TruePe4rl@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Buying some with needle that's roughly 1-2mm on diameter is relatively easy and it does not even need to be meant for glue (depending on what glue you use of course)

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