The other time I got to see this one in person is when
Stevie broght it into mike stevens shop with the headstock
busted clean off like a pencil snapped into.
He was in tears and Stevens with a straight face and real damn serious put his hand on Srvs shoulder and said You fucked it up !
I laughed outloud could not stop laughing which was bad timing
but to see this from such a serious guy undid me especially with Stevie who was laughing but with tears on his face as well.
He knew it and was destraught well stevens pulled it from his hands and strings just slack pause for cringe....... ok....
just headstock flapping off...free not on there any more..
stevens said we will fix it well they did and to the point where you couldnt see the lams unreal restoration job he told me luckily it was a clean break which at the time i was like its ruined how could anything be good about this..well they glued it back and
sanded off original decal and whole headstock faceplate
laminated an ultrathin maple vaneer which looked like the original area they did this front and back then color matched it back to original by eye no less and even reburned it where the ciggy burn was. I got a call to come down to see it and when i was there the second time Srv came in to get it he was elated and whole again
just played the shit out of it right there and was jumping up and down...I was infected right there with doing this and I still am.
Ive heard that the same neck had been broken so many more times after that that it had to be retired and another "D" neck was added...I think Rene martinez has it now..Rene and zach would switch off and on who ever could go out on the road at that time did..my brush with fame...
