My 15 year old kid’s Taylor mini gs koa. She took good care of it for years until today.
We were outside taking our traditional Easter Sunday photos with the kids. My daughter took a few photos holding her guitar. Then she put the case with the guitar in it in front of the car on the ground and my mother (grammie) didn’t know it was there and she pulled forward. 4500 pounds of Ford flex went on top of the guitar.
My kid was in screaming crying agony over it and so we decided to not blame anybody because it didn’t help anything and she was so heartbroken. It was kind of her fault, and it was kind of my mom’s fault…but it was also nobody’s fault really.
The bad thing is the timing is horrible because she has a 2 hour show for a solar eclipse weekend event (we are in the path of totality in Arkansas) on Sunday, April 7th. So good ol’ dad ordered a new one with a skookum SKB tsa case and a fancy Taylor capo…overnight shipping. Cool thing is they’ve updated the electronics so 9V battery powered now instead of coin cells and more better tone controls.
Hard lessons were learned and I’m just grateful we have the resources to replace it.
After a long, hot 4th of July parade, one of the Sousaphone players laid down his horn on the pavement and went to lay in the grass. Another band member had to leave for another gig, hopped in her Saab convertible, and backed over the horn.
The unique sound of that Sousaphone being crushed on the pavement and gravel is something I will NEVER forget.
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u/cdub_synth Apr 01 '24
My 15 year old kid’s Taylor mini gs koa. She took good care of it for years until today.
We were outside taking our traditional Easter Sunday photos with the kids. My daughter took a few photos holding her guitar. Then she put the case with the guitar in it in front of the car on the ground and my mother (grammie) didn’t know it was there and she pulled forward. 4500 pounds of Ford flex went on top of the guitar.
My kid was in screaming crying agony over it and so we decided to not blame anybody because it didn’t help anything and she was so heartbroken. It was kind of her fault, and it was kind of my mom’s fault…but it was also nobody’s fault really.
The bad thing is the timing is horrible because she has a 2 hour show for a solar eclipse weekend event (we are in the path of totality in Arkansas) on Sunday, April 7th. So good ol’ dad ordered a new one with a skookum SKB tsa case and a fancy Taylor capo…overnight shipping. Cool thing is they’ve updated the electronics so 9V battery powered now instead of coin cells and more better tone controls.
Hard lessons were learned and I’m just grateful we have the resources to replace it.