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  1. Doc says:

    It’s holding the guitar together while some sort of glue dries on it. How is this an alternative, amusing “Fix-It”?

  2. chris says:

    string is commonly used by luthiers to hold binding around the edges of the instrument while the cement dries. I guess this is only funny if you don’t know about guitar repair…

  3. loves2spooge says:

    Chris is right, the guitar’s actually in the midst of being fixed. Masking tape is also used, but string has been used in this case due to the guitar’s laquer finish.

  4. guitartech says:

    mine was fixed like this long before it was handed down to me. it’s older than i am and it’s truer than some newer guitars i have owned or tuned.

  5. CapnCaveman says:

    Looks like it’s been on a Highway to Hell.

  6. jamie says:

    Rescued from a ‘Who’ concert?

  7. DeathByGrogg says:

    Dudes, mysteries lose all of their appeal the instant they are explained, could you just stop being wisecracking dipshits and let people laugh at dumb people for once?

    Thx.

  8. timebinder says:

    Won’t play – it’s missing a few strings.

  9. Ya says:

    I guess the guitar player didn’t get the hint to stop playing.

  10. After painstakingly piecing it all together after the show, Gordon suddenly realized that Townshend played an electric guitar.

  11. GabachoMike says:

    Wow…should REALLY meet girls easy – he plays a 21-string GEE-tahr!

  12. rickybobby says:

    Hey, I fixed a guitar like that once, and a ukulele, too!

  13. Kiefler says:

    @DeathByGrogg

    The point they were making above, Grogg, was that there were no dumb people involved in the above photo.

  14. gas says:

    big fail… this is what luthiers do when fixing a guitar…

  15. k says:

    yep. srsly, this should be taken down since it’s THE way to fix or build a guitar.

  16. Jimmy Havok says:

    Yeah,I fix guitars occasionally, too….but it’s still funny.

  17. Fanboy Wife says:

    Isn’t this the guitar from Animal House?

  18. jake says:

    itsa zombie gutiar, it musical soul climbed the stairway to heaven a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggggggg time ago

  19. likethebears says:

    no silly, the caption should say “PLAY FREEBIRD!” thats what you are supposed to call out!

  20. gordy says:

    acoustic version of Eddie Van Halen guitar

  21. Shin0bi272 says:

    FREEEEEEEEBIRD!

  22. Yuri says:

    Since there are two strings on this gutar, you can still playing RAMONES.

  23. MLIA says:

    No Stairway…. Denied!

  24. Carin Gleason says:

    Is this what is meant by: “restringing a guitar?

  25. Mummbles says:

    If your gonna go with the big “smash the guitar” ending you’ve got to think ahead.

  26. Ell-Jay says:

    The guitar may be a piece of sh*t, but it deserves more dignity than this.

  27. April says:

    Suddenly I realized, that those who smash their guitars on stage get new ones…. DAMMIT *grabs tape and rope*.

  28. Kevin says:

    I’m a Luthier and this is how it’s done. Over time the glue fails. Too much heat, not enough humidity, or just dropping it. There’s more damage to be fixed, but you do it in stages

  29. Kaj says:

    RE: Kevin
    Very true… my father is a luthier and teaches me when I help out (He prefers restoring vintages pieces), and this looks pretty familiar…
    The real TIFI (ThereIFixedIt) is the obvious signs that someone previously tried to tape the guitar together….


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