Kendall, I had the same thing on one of these that I tuned for a customer (who had a son that played very hard). Every time I went there, another one was broken, until they traded it in on something else. I think Dean hit it on the head. Expect more breakage. Clark A. Sprague, RPT The critter in question is a 20-year-old Schafer & Sons VS-44 44" vertical The most immediate problem seems to be string breakage (bass strings)
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