We had our first mishap with our new guitar...Somehow at school it got banged up pretty bad. So bad that repairing it wasn't worth it, and it was no longer playable. We still have no idea who or what did it, but with the damage done, someone knows they did it. Riley's teacher felt awful and was kind enough to lend him his guitar for the weekend, so Riley could practice for their upcoming concert. Time was of the essence and we had to act fast with the concert coming up... the local music store offered a new guitar at the price we paid for the original. It was a good deal, just painful to pay double the cost for a guitar we had only had for a couple of months, but we bit the bullet and bought him a new guitar, and this time with a better, sturdier case. If Riley wasn't doing so well it would have been harder to make such a purchase.
A couple days later we had a nice turn of events...the Aspen Music director for the Lead Guitar program offered to replace Riley's guitar for free if it wasn't too late to return the guitar we had just bought. I truly believe it was mostly due to how well Riley has been doing. He has been an amazing student and is ahead in his class....even after missing several lessons due to basketball. We took her up on the offer and we were able to return the purchased guitar with no problem...we of course kept the case. A case that will most likely prevent any such mishap from happening again.
*knock on wood*
PS... Aspen Music Festivals and Schools is amazing!! I have my down days once in a while being so far away from family, but the experiences my children are getting out here are priceless. Riley is thriving in middle school. (Seriously, who thrives in middle school?) This Lead Guitar program is just one of them. I'm not sure I would have ever figured out how much of a natural musician Riley is and I have this director who just randomly reached out to us at the middle school open house to thank for it.
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