in need of guitar wisdom
edith head
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i got a cheap peavey t-15 guitar because it's light and thin compared to my heavy les paul. but one of the tuning pegs is chipped and the woman put a twisty tie thing around it. wtf? i don't have the slightest clue about replacing guitar parts. would it be easy to replace tuning pegs for a somewhat unpopular guitar? also would it be lame to ask for some money back since the woman did not note a lot of damage such as this jenky tunning peg? it said "very good condition and minor wear", not mechanical defects. 
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how much do they cost usually?
I remember having a big row with the wife once, where she threw my bass down the stairs (she was *mildly* pissed at me) which broke off a tuner. That kind of turned my forehead-mounted "Pissed" dial to 5 and I responded by throwing it back up the stairs, embedding half of the neck in the wall at the top (a bit like Excalibur).
Then I needed 4 new pegs.
well yeah, like someone said, some shops (like guitar center) might wanna sell ya a set... try and find a crappy place or someone with a lot of junk guitars and you can probably get one for free/next to nothing.
Did yours come with a molded plastic case? Mine did, but some of the T15s came with an "electric case" that had a little amp built in, a la the old-school Danelectros/Silvertones. I bought my T15 from my guitar teacher, whose mom was one of the heaviest smokers I've ever known. That guitar smelled like cigarette smoke for the entire 6 or 7 years I owned it.
yeah i really like how light it is and i can't afford a mustang right now. i paid $150 but had it delivered to work so haven't had a chance to test it out yet. the tuning pegs look cheap. mine didn't come with the molded plastic or amp case. most of the t-15s i've seen have the natural wood body and mine is navy blue. i hope this thing plays okay. i played one at that guitar shop on shattuck in berkeley and liked it a lot but they wanted $250 for it which i didn't think was worth it. plus it had some weirdo midi cable built into it.
crink, i'll ask some people where to go. what kind of guitar is it? my boyfriend recently had an acoustic family heirloom fixed up but i don't know how much he paid.
Thanks! That is the situation I'm in... my dad just gave me his dad's 30's Gibson. This guitar is probably worth more than I am.
Post pics!
If you'd be willing to (gasp) ship it somewhere for repairs, let me know. My brothers knows of several incredible luthiers in Texas and elsewhere.
here it is...
needs frets (they've never been replaced) and one of the tuning pegs is broken. probably some other minor things, but it's still in decent shape overall.