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Hey guys,
Just thought you guys might like to hear an interesting story that Karl Sandoval told me about Randy during the building process of my Polka-dot Rhoads guitar. He said that it was 1979, he had a knock at his door about six weeks after Randy had picked up his finished polka-dot guitar. He said that when he opened the door, there stood Randy, holding his guitar case in a daze just saying, "I broke it" over and over again. He said to him, "it can't be that bad" but after he opened the case he was truely shocked. He told me that to this day he has never saw damage like that to a headstock and neck. He said that whatever happened had completely shattered the neck and headstock. He had to use glue, sawdust, scraps, just whatever he could come up with to fix his guitar and then had to refinish the repair area, dots and all. He said that he felt so sorry for him that he only charged him $30. Randy told him that the damage happened while rehearsing with Qiot Riot. During the rehersal they were in between songs and just talking. He said that back then the strap locks only had two bearings in them as opposed to todays that have three. Anyway the straplock came off Randy's guitar where the neck meets the body. He caught the upper horn with his forearm but the headstock smashed into the concrete floor shattering the headstock and part of the neck. Just thought that I would share that with those that have never heard the story before.
Just thought you guys might like to hear an interesting story that Karl Sandoval told me about Randy during the building process of my Polka-dot Rhoads guitar. He said that it was 1979, he had a knock at his door about six weeks after Randy had picked up his finished polka-dot guitar. He said that when he opened the door, there stood Randy, holding his guitar case in a daze just saying, "I broke it" over and over again. He said to him, "it can't be that bad" but after he opened the case he was truely shocked. He told me that to this day he has never saw damage like that to a headstock and neck. He said that whatever happened had completely shattered the neck and headstock. He had to use glue, sawdust, scraps, just whatever he could come up with to fix his guitar and then had to refinish the repair area, dots and all. He said that he felt so sorry for him that he only charged him $30. Randy told him that the damage happened while rehearsing with Qiot Riot. During the rehersal they were in between songs and just talking. He said that back then the strap locks only had two bearings in them as opposed to todays that have three. Anyway the straplock came off Randy's guitar where the neck meets the body. He caught the upper horn with his forearm but the headstock smashed into the concrete floor shattering the headstock and part of the neck. Just thought that I would share that with those that have never heard the story before.
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