Humidity is what actually kills guitars
We have repaired a handful of dropped instruments and several hundred dried-out ones. The numbers, the physics, and the four things worth doing.
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Living with a nitrocellulose finish
It is the thinnest durable finish anyone has found, and it will take an impression of anything you leave against it. What to avoid and what to ignore.
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Choosing your first solid-wood guitar
Body size matters more than timber, and timber matters more than price. A blunt guide to picking a shape you will still like in ten years.
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