Hi all,
Well, it happened: I knew going in to getting my Upton with violin corners would be dangerous, but I figured "why not!" and went with it. The other day my hand slipped loading it into the car (
) and one of the corners bent/chipped, but didn't break off completely. Attached are a couple pics to describe.
I'm wondering if I should be concerned, because the crack seems to intersect with the rib - the rib itself is not cracked, but it seems like if the whole piece were to fall off, that the rib would be exposed - would that result in lack of resonance? Is there a sort of preventative action that should be taken to ensue that my back doesn't come off and blow up in a thousand pieces?
My question is basically whether or not I should have it looked at, and if anyone knows what the basic repairs and repair costs are for something like this (if it needs to be repaired/attended to). Thanks all for any info you can provide!
P.s. I don't want to seem like the type of guy for whom this would be the end of the world - I care about 1000000x more about the tone of the instrument (which I really love), and the cosmetics of my two electric basses show that. It's not that I don't take good care of things, but..I mean life happens and I understand that, as long as I have a working rig at the end of the day and I didn't contribute to f***ing up my gear through recklessness, etc.
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Well, it happened: I knew going in to getting my Upton with violin corners would be dangerous, but I figured "why not!" and went with it. The other day my hand slipped loading it into the car (
) and one of the corners bent/chipped, but didn't break off completely. Attached are a couple pics to describe.I'm wondering if I should be concerned, because the crack seems to intersect with the rib - the rib itself is not cracked, but it seems like if the whole piece were to fall off, that the rib would be exposed - would that result in lack of resonance? Is there a sort of preventative action that should be taken to ensue that my back doesn't come off and blow up in a thousand pieces?
My question is basically whether or not I should have it looked at, and if anyone knows what the basic repairs and repair costs are for something like this (if it needs to be repaired/attended to). Thanks all for any info you can provide!
P.s. I don't want to seem like the type of guy for whom this would be the end of the world - I care about 1000000x more about the tone of the instrument (which I really love), and the cosmetics of my two electric basses show that. It's not that I don't take good care of things, but..I mean life happens and I understand that, as long as I have a working rig at the end of the day and I didn't contribute to f***ing up my gear through recklessness, etc.
Pics:
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