Dammit!

[J557]

Soooo, last night I was picking my G0 up from the rack to play when I turned in my hand and it banged it into my Strat taking a big, deep gouge out of the top. It's deep enough that I am going to have to sand it a little cause I'm afraid it will snag my shirts. I felt a little sick when I saw and felt it. I'm not a Murphy lab guy buy I was excited to let this guitar gain it's own battle scars over time. This was maybe a little too soon.....

 

[mudface]

Soooo, last night I was picking my G0 up from the rack to play when I turned in my hand and it banged it into my Strat taking a big, deep gouge out of the top. It's deep enough that I am going to have to sand it a little cause I'm afraid it will snag my shirts. I felt a little sick when I saw and felt it. I'm not a Murphy lab guy buy I was excited to let this guitar gain it's own battle scars over time. This was maybe a little too soon..... View attachment 677712

Strats are evil

 

[Mr French]

A reason why I don't use guitar racks to store my guitar. I find them useful to be on a rack just for a short time.

 

[delawaregold]

Please send a Check for $750.00 to Murphy Labs. Even though the distressing
was unintentional, Murphy Labs owns the copyright to the process, so to avoid
any legal action, please remit the charge A.S.A.P.
Thank you for your prompt attention.

 

[J557]

Strats are evil

and apparently jealous AF!

 

[bluesoul]

"Does it hurt when i do this" says the strat to the Les paul.

 

[jaqueh]

ah ouch. I think that's more relicing than a normal murphy since some wood is also missing.

 

[delawaregold]

"Does it hurt when i do this" says the strat to the Les paul.

I guess in about 9 months we can expect a little Tokai running around.

 

[mjross]

I‘ve accidentally banged my guitars in to each other before and got a little ding, but this must have been one hell of a bang to go all the way to the wood like that! Hope you get it repaired properly, or not!

 

[J557]

"Does it hurt when i do this" says the strat to the Les paul.

I‘ve accidentally banged my guitars in to each other before and got a little ding, but this must have been one hell of a bang to go all the way to the wood like that! Hope you get it repaired properly, or not!

The weird this is that I didn’t feel like it was a huge hit. It was the set screw on the neck pickup that did it.

 

[mjross]

The weird this is that I didn’t feel like it was a huge hit. It was the set screw on the neck pickup that did it.

Wow, that’s strange! Like I previously said, after gigging for more than 55 years and banging the hell out of every kind of guitar imaginable, I’ve never had anything like that happen with just a little bump, that’s a pretty serious ding, looks like more of a scrape!

 

[Leee]

Let me guess - the Strat doesn’t have a mark on it?

 

[Leee]

Where exactly is the ding located on the body?

On the underside, not as noticeable?
Or on the top side?

 

[J557]

Let me guess - the Strat doesn’t have a mark on it?

Absolutely nothing.

 

[J557]

Where exactly is the ding located on the body?

On the underside, not as noticeable?
Or on the top side?

It’s on the top where I get to look at it forever. And probably get splinters too.

 

[J557]

I’m just going to sand it but just out of curiosity, how would someone even fix something like this?

 

[J557]

Where exactly is the ding located on the body?

On the underside, not as noticeable?
Or on the top side?

 

[OUTLAW1969]

Sell the Strat.......

Try to post this in the Luthier section, and maybe they would have a good suggestion to "drop fill" with some substance, along with a carefully matched stain, prior to sanding process with varying degrees of paper. Probably will not be perfect, but less noticeable to you.... and smooth.

 

[Steven]

I seriously doubt you can personally fix it. To repair that so it matches the rest of the finish is a very costly process.

 

[mjross]

A good tech can make it less noticeable!