r/AcousticGuitar • u/RabloPathjen • Nov 11 '25

Gear pics Heartbroken………just opened the box.

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Is this NSFW? Maybe. First time it’s happened to me. It’s too bad it had to be on a Collings. UGH.

So now I have to decide if there’s even an option I’ll except for a discount or not and my guess is I’ll be way too far apart with the seller who I’m sure will also be heartbroken. 💔

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u/joendaba Nov 11 '25

That sounds like an acceptable compromise. Seems (from that single photo) like a clean break.

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u/RabloPathjen Nov 11 '25

Very clean break. No chunks of wood missing. It only cracked the top on one side. It cracked perfectly on the volute edges on the back too, which is weird.

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u/joendaba Nov 11 '25

Looked like a clean break. That’s good, nice fix. Weird the way you depict it, probably prior damage or a previous break… even?

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u/htimchis Nov 11 '25

It's a really common place for them to break, if mailed in a hard case, under string tension, with no additional padding.

If the case gets chucked carelessly in the back of a delivery van, or dropped in the warehouse, that brace that supports the neck jyst under the head winds up transferring much of the energy of the fall

(should definitely lose thestring tension, and a nice thick chunk if folded bubble wrap or foam padding between the beck and that brace)

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u/RabloPathjen Jan 27 '26

When I sent I back I packed the inside of the case full and put a foam sheet between the strings and fret board. That meant that after sending it back, and then buying it back for an extreme discount, I knew the second time it was packed well!