I know that if you use a guitar , inevitably you are going to scratch it or ding it or whatever. But I am so mad at myself , for being so careless that ... well I am just so mad at myself. There is no good story here. Nothing that I can look back on 10 years from now and tell someone the great story of how that scratch came to be. It wasn't during a jam or anything note worthy. It happened during a 5 minute practice session and I wish I could just turn the clock back.
This happened a while ago, and I just haven't been able to face it. It's too embarrassing... Somehow, I put a 3 inch gash in the face of my guitar, in the lower bout, behind the bridge, in the process of taking it out of the case. I don't even remember exactly how it happened . I think that I took the guitar out of the case , slung the strap over my neck and reached back into the case to put my humidified back in or grab a capo , or whatever and , somehow... somehow the top of case closed and the clasp hit the soundboard... bump, bump, ... scraaaatch .... OUCH.
I'll admit it, tears have been shed. I had almost gotten over it, but not quite. The good news is that its almost invisible when looking at the guitar straight on . But when I look over my right shoulder while I am playing ... there it is. And last week at my monthly open mic night, when someone said "what the h--- did you do to your guitar" , it set me back.
So I have decided that I will contact Taylor, send them some pictures and see what my options are. Maybe, I wont do anything but learn to live with it, but I need to see what the options and risks are. Certainly I don't want to trade a scratch for an obvious repair attempt , but we'll see.
Anyway, I wanted to share. Not for sympathy or anything, but just to remind you all to be extra careful. Don't do what I did.
I don't love any of my guitar children more than others , but thank god it wasn't the K26