dork lard

On 1/22/2024 at 4:04 PM, daddymack said:

hmmm...okay, yeah, you are on your own on that. That guitar, used, is worth at best, what? €275 [$300]?

A repair for those dings by a qualified repairman will run you about half the value. If you brought that to me, I would tell you it was not worth the cost.

and people wonder why I have mainly black guitars....[but that is not the reason]😉

Okay, well, I've given you the guidelines, mon ami...all I can say is be patient, think every step through, take your time and be willing to settle for 'less than perfect'.[moins de parfait]..eh, bien, bon chance!

And above all...be more careful with your gear!

you're making me internet-paranoid with all those french references. Like, how do users know where I'm posting from, I haven't put that information anywhere (!) 😅

Is Harmonycentral really Big brother ?

Thanks for the suggestions. It was 500ish $ new, and it's still brand new, save those recent hits.

On 1/19/2024 at 10:37 PM, badpenguin said:

I'll agree with all DM said.

I did one repair before and it was a similar crack around the bottom of the guitar, but it was black so much easier to do. This here is bright and a natural finish, so much tougher.

And, oh yes, I've got to repair this. No way I can keep it this way.

On 1/19/2024 at 8:49 PM, daddymack said:

Well, yes, all the cracked finish has to be removed. Typically I use a fine tip dental tool to remove the loose material, examine the amount of damage/compression to the

It's a Jackson FSR JS42 Dinky Ziricote Natural.

2 hours ago, daddymack said:

strip, sand, check for wood and/or binding damage, refin.

 

I'm not even going to ask how you got those dings....

btw, love the moniker!

Dork lard lol, yes very dumb.

Yeah I suspected sth like that. To be clear: you mean actually remove all of the "debris"/broken shards, take them off completely, when you say "strip" ? Like with some sort of a plier type tool ?

I was thinking I'd remove/clean up the parts, and then add some sort of resin, and then sand and then try to figure out a way to get that natural finish color paint and apply to just that area.

Or I might just add that bit of resin on top directly, without removing the broken shard bits, sand and paint over ?

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