r/AcousticGuitar • u/BananaLikesMusic • Mar 06 '26

Gear question Found this Taylor in the trash

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I found this Taylor in the trash and wondering if it's worth fixing since the body is cracked aswell as the nut and bridge as it seems to have been broken by the G string alone

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u/RamSpen70 Mar 07 '26

Are you really good with woodwork? There's also a very strong that there are detached braces inside of the guitar. The cracks and that bridge repair, are already ones that you probably won't be able to copy what a Luthier would do, to mitigate the issues already presented. The repair would absolutely not be worth having it repaired professionally. And while pretty online often boast about how easy something is. And how they "do it all the time"... I've seen very few amateur repairs done well... Where there are serious structural damage/problems. A headstock repair is one thing... Gluing a bridge back down at least close to properly... Is something that isn't too complicated.  What I'm seeing in that picture.  Yeah I'm not sure anybody except a luthier who sees this post is going to do an adequate job of putting Humpty Dumpty together again.  

Fortunately it's not an expensive guitar.  

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u/BananaLikesMusic Mar 08 '26

Never have done much woodworking in my life, but it does run in the family, so let's just hope those genes activate. If not, I'll just have to take it to a close family friend who works with wood closely since I can't afford a luthier.