[Auto Tune??]

It's just another option for tuning. It bothered me that it wasn't presented as an "option" last year, but the idea of it isn't a problem for me. The comments on real guitar players learning how to tune their guitars is kind of odd to me. I've seen very few guitarists play live without a tuner at the head of their pedal board or between their guitar and amp. What amount of skill is involved in turning a tuning peg by hand compared to a machine doing it? No disrespect meant towards opposing view points, but the music matters way more than anything else.

[1970s ES-335]

Headstock crack or break devalues the instrument considerably. Strength of the joint is debatable because it depends on how the work is done. I'm tend to agree with Larry and others on this one.

[How to crack the paint and age a Les Paul?]

Ask yourself why you're doing it before you go through with it. Murphy's an artist, but not many people can accomplish what he does on a guitar especially a newbie.

 

Why not just pay your dues and play it till it feels and looks like a part of you? It'll mean more to you.