shenanigans
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..how do you get rid of them? how do they fill up the dings?
dings and scratches..
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live with it. not worth repairing. Let each ding tell its own story. Tell me an axe which has been played regularly which doesn't have a single ding.
To answer your question: Simple method is to fill up with super glue and sand. Pro method just take it to a luthier. May require a total refinish for repairs to be invisible. Last I enquired for my PRS which got screwed up by Guitar Workshop - I wanted to send it to the states for restoration by JW Guitars =D Around 1.3k SGD not including shipping hehe.
To answer your question: Simple method is to fill up with super glue and sand. Pro method just take it to a luthier. May require a total refinish for repairs to be invisible. Last I enquired for my PRS which got screwed up by Guitar Workshop - I wanted to send it to the states for restoration by JW Guitars =D Around 1.3k SGD not including shipping hehe.
Oh they charged me for a refinish and told me it could pass off as factory quality. That was our deal.
What I got - Dust particles trapped in finish. Not bad. [sarcasm] Can be declared as a new custom finish - Misty McCarty Burst [/sarcasm]
Small lil dents all over the back of guitar. I buffed this out myself but lost a cm^2 patch of colour coat.
A major spiral at corner of my beautiful artist grade maple top. Buffing machine must have caught off the edge of guitar and the spindle semi drilled a perfect spiral into finish. Good thing it's not into the wood. They would not look me in the eye when they said that this was already done when I left my guitar with them. Haha!
Ah yes and best of all. A lacquer overspray that could be scratched off with my fingernail and required 3 days to remove it by sanding.
What I got - Dust particles trapped in finish. Not bad. [sarcasm] Can be declared as a new custom finish - Misty McCarty Burst [/sarcasm]
Small lil dents all over the back of guitar. I buffed this out myself but lost a cm^2 patch of colour coat.
A major spiral at corner of my beautiful artist grade maple top. Buffing machine must have caught off the edge of guitar and the spindle semi drilled a perfect spiral into finish. Good thing it's not into the wood. They would not look me in the eye when they said that this was already done when I left my guitar with them. Haha!
Ah yes and best of all. A lacquer overspray that could be scratched off with my fingernail and required 3 days to remove it by sanding.
theblueark
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I'm imagining the look on your face as you're sanding.
That feeling of having to spend hours and hours correcting a mistake :evil:
That feeling of having to spend hours and hours correcting a mistake :evil:
theblueark
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edder said:
I bet it made you who you are today :lol:
Haha theblueark when i was sanding it down it was still an expression of LOVE 
i just wanted to get the saga done and over with so i can play my guitar! whether it's damaged or not. And hey.. i bet those scars on her tell much more interesting stories abt than most do =p
Hmm.. I paid $100 cause the deal was initially $200. Malcolm and me decided this was the best way out because we shouldn't close off anyone's path even though they have done us wrong.
I wouldn't be this pissed with guitar workshop if they just told me in the first place that I should have expected such things.
Anyway, don't want to bring this up anymore. Heh there's an entire thread dedicated to this on soft already.
i just wanted to get the saga done and over with so i can play my guitar! whether it's damaged or not. And hey.. i bet those scars on her tell much more interesting stories abt than most do =p Hmm.. I paid $100 cause the deal was initially $200. Malcolm and me decided this was the best way out because we shouldn't close off anyone's path even though they have done us wrong.
I wouldn't be this pissed with guitar workshop if they just told me in the first place that I should have expected such things.
Anyway, don't want to bring this up anymore. Heh there's an entire thread dedicated to this on soft already.
edder said:
You've got to give the carpenter some credit for being able to build guitars for a living and several years to boot! He's a fine picker too, albeit eccentric. He's no longer building guitars now though. Making ethnic instruments, that's what I last heard from some KL musicians.
relinquish69
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I'm more curious to see pictures of both guitars :lol: