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Years ago I got a free Carlo Robelli acoustic guitar when I bought an amp. It looks nice but it's a cheap POS guitar that never really played well.
I hauled it out of the guitar closet recently and it's pretty much unplayable - absurdly high action. I'm mainly a bassist and I like high action but this is ridiculous. As far as I can see there is no way to adjust anything at the bridge, and no truss rod.
I have a decent acoustic/electric and a classical and I like them both. I have no need of the Robelli guitar and I will never ever play it. So what should I do with it?

I'd happily give it away but it would be evil to give it to someone starting out on guitar. I've played for years and I can barely fret the damn thing....it would make a newbie quit immediately.
I am tempted to just throw it out but ugh, I recoil at the thought of throwing out a musical instrument that's not completely broken.

any ideas?

Slide.

Chankgeez wrote:Slide.

Jerry rig the cheapest pickup you can find into the soundhole.

Or better yet as many as you can fit.

Make art out of it. If your not good with painting smash some plates and crappy mirrors and mosaic that shit. I Always take in shit guitars. It's easy to make some cool wall art out of them.

fishtankdork wrote:Make art out of it. If your not good with painting smash some plates and crappy mirrors and mosaic that shit. I Always take in shit guitars. It's easy to make some cool wall art out of them.

What he said.

Chankgeez wrote:Slide.

fishtankdork wrote:Make art out of it. If your not good with painting smash some plates and crappy mirrors and mosaic that shit. I Always take in shit guitars. It's easy to make some cool wall art out of them.

These were my thoughts as well

Chankgeez wrote:Slide.

fishtankdork wrote:Make art out of it. If your not good with painting smash some plates and crappy mirrors and mosaic that shit. I Always take in shit guitars. It's easy to make some cool wall art out of them.

This.

As far as the art thing goes, this came to mind or something similar..there is a ton of examples if you search acoustic guitar shelf.

Also, I took a similarly non playable guitar once, and being a photographer, I turned that sumbitch into a pinhole camera! Which I then used for a self portrait playing another acoustic.

awesome ideas, thank you!
I haven't played much slide but hell, it's winter and the snow sucks - may as well fool around with a slide instead of just vegging out watching Netflix.
and I really like the idea of making some kind of art out of it too...maybe some kind of fancied-up shelf so it's both functional and shiny.

One of these and play it lap-style with a bar? http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Gate-F-330 ... B0002Z3N8O
Use big electric strings and maybe mount some big, funky magnetic pickup for maximum fuzzed-out fun.

Rape it. Make your other guitars watch as a lesson to let them know what happens if they disappoint you.

zeravla wrote:Rape it. Make your other guitars watch as a lesson to let them know what happens if they disappoint you.

agreed. DMC that shit

raperaperaperaperaperaperaperaperaperaperape

I was gonna say "smash it and post the video on youtube", but the "art" answers are a lot better.

zeravla wrote:Rape it. Make your other guitars watch as a lesson to let them know what happens if they disappoint you.

I needed that, rough day at work

put 4 pickups in it then fill it those little balls of bath gel. then live the rest of your life underwater.

mmurphy1000 wrote:

zeravla wrote:Rape it. Make your other guitars watch as a lesson to let them know what happens if they disappoint you.

I needed that, rough day at work

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