Hey! Thanks for the reply - no worries about it taking some time. You responded, and that's what matters ๐
Anyway, I ended up getting it fixed for about $40 by a guy a friend of mine recommended. It was a small crack leading to a tuner peg.
What is very serendipitous about your timing is that yesterday I finally upgraded to a new guitar. After sampling 7 guitars I settled on an Esteve 7SR. It is by a huge margin the most outstanding guitar I've ever played.
Yeah, he was a local guy and he said it was a quick fix and had no real material cost. Nice dude.
This sub has been quiet. I guess it's a pretty niche group of people who are into classical guitar, and also fed up with reddit shenanigans.
I just thought it was a funny coincidence that the reply was the same day. ๐
The biggest issues my old guitar has are the low tones feeling dull, and the general playability. I thought I couldn't do clean Barre chords, but it turns out the guitar had at least a little to do with it. My technique needs a little work, but Barres on the new guitar are so much cleaner.