A very bad thing happened the other day. My guitar fell off the stand and the headstock cracked right down to the fourth fret on my Mexican Fender Strat.

But, I brought it to my local guitar store, Long & McQuade, and the tech there was very helpful. He said that he had never seen a Fender crack like this before, and within 5 mins he was on the phone with the Fender rep.

Even though Fender will probably tell me to get lost and buy a new neck, the tech had a lot of alternatives, like fixing the neck with some glue and switching it with a good neck of a guitar in their rental department.

Also, about a week before I broke by guitar, I had brought my guitar to Long & McQuade to fix a problem I had with buzzing strings, and the tech reset my guitar - string height, truss rod, intonation - he even restrung it all. And all I had to do was pay for the strings!

Sorry for the long post, but my local gtr. shoppe just rocks!

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