TOD10N - Catastrophic Failure
Another TOD10N has fallen - This one lasted 3 years - Production date was 01/02/23.
I hadn't restrung it since I owned it (Bad I know) but i just prolonged the job until the intonation problems became too much. But I gave the guitar a full clean down, oiled the fret board and even went out and got the Tim Henson official strings...
Only for the guitar to last 3-4 days before it spontaneously ripped itself apart.
I personally think the stress of new strings was too much for the guitar and the glue to handle - which is scary to think that if you change your strings... you risk the life of your guitar.
What really is upsetting, is i was playing in a lot of dropped open tunings - so i didn't even reach "Standard" levels of tension for the first few days - and just allowed the strings to naturally stretch and settle. Worth noting - I owned a nylon "no named" acoustic for 20 years and that thing must have been 15+ years old when i got it - has never skipped a beat, made from thinner wood than this too - if you can believe it. So this bridge explosion is just wild to me for a brand new guitar.
Thomann the company I bought it from, refuse to repair and have been told the manufacturer wont repair it due to "customs" - So even though the guitar is probably... 15 days outside of their extended 3 year warranty. I'm left with no support and no guitar.
I'm genuinely sat here trying to consider what to do...
Is this even worth repairing?
If i do, Will it just spontaneously fail again next time i change strings or look at it funny?
and even worse the least of all I'm considering, buying a brand new one...
Of all the guitars I've ever bought, this was the first one brand new, just for me...
So to say Im gutted, is an understatement.
Does anyone have any advice or recommendations?
NOTES:
https://www.reddit.com/r/polyphia/comments/11wz2dq/tod10n_came_and_went_i_guess/?sort=new
Other threads show the glue failure - worth pointing out how mine is different so a big warning to other owners out there...
EDIT: someone noticed the entire underside of the bridge was painted then the glue was attached... Its not wonder it failed really...