You say, "Look, just fix it and don't editorialize, I happen to love this instrument!"

Happened to me with my beat-up, but precious-to-me, 1950s Guild guitar. The luthier (only really good one in a 100-mile radius), said it wasn't worth adjusting the neck, and so on ... . "Humpf! I said."

He complained, but he did fix it, and he did take my money. It still looks like a piece of junk, but sounds like a dream and, except for a slight discrepancy on the 6th string, is in near-perfect register. So There!

Mary