UDPATED POST: Worst Probs than Sharp Frets Now!!! HELP!!! DEPRESSED!

[unclrob]

OK I need you to LIGHTLY push the wood in the damage zone.First go to the other side and push in this area to get a feel for how it should be,then do the other side.Does it feel different?If it feels soft then and it show's sign that the wood has split a little,bring it in to your local Tech and have it fixed.If its just a finish seperation you may want to concider some refin work.If you call the # it refers to and after hours # please feel free to call me.

[pickngrin]

Newbie here, but just wanted to say that I have a LV-03R and a Parlor. Both had sharp fret ends and I dressed them myself. It appeared to be the way the frets were cut that made them sharp but it was an easy fix.

I've also played some new ones with sharp frets although not all of them were like this.

I also have a Martin OM-28 Marquis but I'm a steadfast Larrivee fan.

[philster]

I had 20+ different Larrivees in the past 03's, 05's and 09 series.

Sweet Fancy Moses on Buttered Toast!  How do you go through 20 Larrivees!  Too curious not to ask what it is exactly you're waiting to find in one?

[Camalex]

wokrsintheory -- first of all -- lay off the glue -- don't try to fix this on your own. Second, slack down the strings until you can get a gutar repair center to look at the crack -- third.. all is not lost my frirend.... my best sounding Martin has a very stable repair in a side crack that looks no worse than what I see in your picture.  This is repairable but just get ther string tension off the body of the guitar and get a real serviceman to work on it.  They will repair the crack from the inside and it will be more stable than before the crack without any noticeable deterioration in the guitar's sound. A top crack is sometyhing else. Once the finish crack is repaired, you'll have a tough time finding the crack.  But find a an excellent luthier/repairan.

[stuco]

 

Dude, Dude, 

why?  Its ok at least you have an excuse to take it in to have the frets worked on.  It looks very fixable.  I've done some stupd stuff myself. One time I tried to refinish a pefectly good ibanez body. and completely ruined it.  Just the other day I decided to add a Larrivee End pin you know the one that fits a endpin jack hole.  Anyway drilling away at my prized yairi I chiped the hell out of my finish and also in a panic scratched more of the finish tryingto sand the chiped finish.  Now it has the new larrivee endpin and a big metal washer around it.  I've realized if you ever want to modify or fix a guitar take a moment and think about if you are qualified for a long time b4 you touch that thing.  Besides installing tuners or putting a strap button I've decided to take it to a gutar tech.  I'd love to build guitars but don't know if i have the steady hand and patience.  Just send it to uunclrob and let him fix your baby to new. And fix the frets too. hey theres one good thing about it.

[WorksInTheory]

Dude, Dude, 

why?  Its ok at least you have an excuse to take it in to have the frets worked on.  It looks very fixable.  I've done some stupd stuff myself. One time I tried to refinish a pefectly good ibanez body. and completely ruined it.  Just the other day I decided to add a Larrivee End pin you know the one that fits a endpin jack hole.  Anyway drilling away at my prized yairi I chiped the hell out of my finish and also in a panic scratched more of the finish tryingto sand the chiped finish.  Now it has the new larrivee endpin and a big metal washer around it.  I've realized if you ever want to modify or fix a guitar take a moment and think about if you are qualified for a long time b4 you touch that thing.  Besides installing tuners or putting a strap button I've decided to take it to a gutar tech.  I'd love to build guitars but don't know if i have the steady hand and patience.  Just send it to uunclrob and let him fix your baby to new. And fix the frets too. hey theres one good thing about it.

Stuco - I actually clenched my teeth and flinched reading this! I just talked to unclrob on the phone - Straight up guy. I wish he was local and I'd be there in a heartbeat. I just hate sending this guitar around the country as FedEx running over it would be another post. I check out the local luthier here - I haven't fed him in a few weeks so he's overdue.

[unclrob]

Always best to go local.You get cheaper visitation rights,no flying. :GRN>

[tikabear]

I'm sorry to read about what happened to your guitar but I will highly recommend sending it to Unclrob.  He did a repair for me once and it came back perfect.  Couldn't tell it had been touched other than the fact that it was fixed.  I live in a large city and I wouldn't trust anybody here with one of my guitars but that's another issue entirely.

[stuco]

 

Like I said I did cover up my mistake with a washer and it's virtually unnoticable unless you look close (or take off the end pin)  Oh well, It's just charachter i guess. Good luck with your guitar.  hey I guess it could've been worse for both of us. 

[WorksInTheory]

unclrob - I came home after we spoke and pushed on it again and realized it isn't that soft. You have to push real hard to get some move. I haven't checked from inside out yet as I need to remove strings... that's the other thing - does it matter about string tension if the damage is on the side mostly? In any case as soon as I can I am going to take it in for an in person inspection - and hopefully they will hide their laughter till after I leave...

[unclrob]

Since its stiff then I'd say its a finish issue BUT bring it by your tech and double check.For me since I'm so used to putting my arm inside all I do is loosen the strings.Sometimes I pull the pegs and tie off the strings,but I'm crazy look what I do for a living. :GRN>You don't have to d-tune the guitar.Hows that top crack looking does it move any?Also a good tech will laugh after you've left.





Only kidding. :GRN>

[WorksInTheory]

Well was able to get into the local store here and see a luthier. On the Larrivee he couldn't fix it yet because the crack was too tight! (wait that's funny to say!) Anyways. He says to wait to it's time to dehydrate again so it opens up enough to get in glue. But right now the seams between the cracks are really close together because it's right around the kerfing I guess.

On another guitar that I didn't own less than 24hrs it seems a crack was born around the upper left corner of the preamp by the screw. Seems like an issue with the same model guitars I have seen online. But since I am not the original owner probably won't get warranty service. Luthier said also to come back in August for this one - he's booked until then. By the one anyone ever get hit by a snapped high e string? Man I turned tuners the wrong way when changing the string on this and it snapped and whipped across my leg and cut it! Dangerous. After that I noticed the crack but the luthier thinks they are unrelated.

Not been an easy time lately for me and guitars... that's why my SPJC-16RE is not seeing the light of day until things settle down!