Hey Friend,

Guitars are tough, but they have their limits. Just like people.

The most vulnerable part of a guitar is its neck. Whenever you have a component that extends out from a main body, there’s always the danger that an accident could damage that extension, sometimes beyond repair.

Kind of like a person’s mental state. It sits out front as a guard to your inner well-being, protecting and fighting off outside forces that constantly batter you.

Loss. Overwhelm. Stress. The relentlessness of “keeping’ on, keeping’ on…"

How well a guitar neck holds up depends on the material its made from, how it’s connected to the main body, the severity of the accident and any one of a thousand other variables. I've had maple necks that stand up to almost any abuse, and mahogany necks that snapped after a short fall off a stand.

Same with the mental state. Sometimes the challenges hit with a fury, yet we hold strong. Other times it’s like a drip from a leaky faucet, a constant reminder that there are things to fix, but they can wait… until they can't.

Most of the time we're good, but every once in a while, the "perfect storm" shows up and rocks things like a shift of the tectonic plates in San Andreas Fault.

My simple hope for you today is that you have no “guitar neck-snapping” catastrophes - nothing to set you teetering on the edge…

That’s what I want for you today.

Peace~

Dave