So, I’m brand new here. Hi! I attempted to learn classical years ago, and let it get away from me. I’ve recently returned to it, and I’ve been much more diligent about my practice than I was last time around.
Anyway, what brings me here today is that I saw a crack in my headstock today on a Walden Classical I got maybe 15 years ago. It’s a lovely guitar, and I’d like to get it fixed, but I have no expectations. It’s a hairline fracture leading to the tuning pegs
- How much should I expect to pay?
- How serious an issue is this? I’m a little concerned it might truly break. I can post pictures if that’s helpful.
Anyway, thanks for the knowledge, and I’m happy to be here. I’ll try to contribute some, even if it’s just nice classical pieces I find. I’m liking Lemmy so far.
Re barres, it’s not an easy thing at all, to be fair. I’ve been playing guitar (primarily, electric) for some 20 years if not more and only once I picked up classical guitar I realized that my technique if very dodgy and basically wrong in almost every possible way. And barres really made me realize that the hard and painful way. I’ve been pondering on this for a while and since have found a couple of really helpful videos on YT that helped me to analize and dissect the problem and redevelop my technique in such a way, that now I can play literally for hours with almost no pain, while previosly I had to stop after some 5-10 minutes of i tense “barring” as the pain was shifting from discomfort to basically cramps. I’ll actually share it in a separate thread as I think many more people struggle with figuring our a “correct” technique for the left-hand, wo hopefully it will help someone as well.