Dammit!

[J557]

or you can smooth it out with one of these

Yikes! I’m not EVH!

 

[J557]

It’s part of the Murphy lab family now, congrats.

Easy easy, I already owe them $750 for infringement. The last thing I need is for some of you to come after me for having a fake!

 

[J557]

Leave it be?

I went out to the studio to play today and I’m over it. When the wood doesn’t look like such a fresh wound it’ll be cool.

 

[mjross]

Damn.

It’s an amazing guitar, feels like a treasured old friend in your hands!

 

[J557]

It’s an amazing guitar, feels like a treasured old friend in your hands!

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The front looks even better than the back.

 

[J557]

Maybe my next step?

 

[mjross]

Maybe my next step? View attachment 678056

So that’s how they do it…lol!

 

[delawaregold]

Maybe my next step? View attachment 678056

It's a Strat. It'll just tear up the road.

 

[coyote95667]

I would way way rather have a battle scar, then the remnants of a fix gone wrong. I'd most likely leave it if that happened to me.

 

[bierce85]

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

Since youre down to bare wood, you would try to replicate the factory finish process. Start with a dab of cherry pore filler, wipe off and use a touch up pen to drop in some clear. An additional toner coat of transparent red may be necessary if the red pore filler isn't making it red enough. Then you'd just build up enough clear coats to get level with the surrounding finish. Wait a week or so and sand up to about 1500-2000 grit and polish. A good tech could make that effectively invisible.

 

[NiteGoat]

Just let your playing smooth it out over time. It got its first dose of mojo.

 

[J557]

Since youre down to bare wood, you would try to replicate the factory finish process. Start with a dab of cherry pore filler, wipe off and use a touch up pen to drop in some clear. An additional toner coat of transparent red may be necessary if the red pore filler isn't making it red enough. Then you'd just build up enough clear coats to get level with the surrounding finish. Wait a week or so and sand up to about 1500-2000 grit and polish. A good tech could make that effectively invisible.

The key here is “a good tech”. Of which I am not.

 

[Mockbel]

So a Strat did this to a Les Paul !!!
It is like an odd news of a pitbull gets beaten by a chihuahua !!

Accidents happen.. sorry about that.. I never let my guitars outside their cases !

 

[jk60LPTH]

Maybe my next step? View attachment 678056

That's step 1.
Step 2: Drive around the block a couple of times
Step 3: List on Reverb as "Morefee Aged", add $1500 to price you paid for it.
Step 4: Buy new guitar with proceeds.
Step 5: Keep guitar away from other guitars in the future.

(Ironically I was about to post this with 'Step 1' being exactly what's shown in the photo )

 

[1allspub]

Time to send it to Historic Makeovers!

Seriously, that baloooooowsssssss! Ugh!

This is why all my guitars stay in their cases when not in use. I'd love to hang them on the wall and make my guitar space look awesome... but I am a klutz and all my guitars would look like this in 6 months if I had them hanging next to each other on the wall.

 

[paintguy]

Yep drop fill with clear or super glue until it's almost filled. Then sand a little and dab some color. Then more clear or super glue. Sand and buff.

Depending on how perfect you want it, this well be presentable and not too noticeable, but a pro can get you where you want to be.

 

[searswashere]

The first ding is the hardest. I’d leave it.

 

[Blue Blood]

Dont add to it !

 

[Gtarzan81]

I have kids, so my guitars are in my hand or in the case, hidden away.

The one time I ignored this I wound up with a ding in my DGT. I was not happy.

 

[searswashere]

I have kids, so my guitars are in my hand or in the case, hidden away.

The one time I ignored this I wound up with a ding in my DGT. I was not happy.

When my toddler comes down to where the gear is she strums half of them. My 68ri lpc is on its own stand and the first thing she sees. So far its only dad marking up any of the instruments in any capacity haha.