• From: Portsmouth, UK
  • Registered: 2008-07-29
  • Posts: 95

Topic: Body Repair

Hello!

How easy / difficult / cheap / expensive is this to repair? I accidentley gave my guitar a bit of a ding!

http://i39.tinypic.com/fw7i0x.jpg

Are we talking gaffa and lots of it? It can a woodsman repair it?

Cheers

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  • From: Central Flatland
  • Registered: 2007-05-30
  • Posts: 223

Re: Body Repair

You'll need to take it to a competent luthier.  It might well be quite expensive; if the guitar is an inexpensive one to start with, it may well be cheaper to simply replace it.

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  • From: North Carolina
  • Registered: 2007-02-08
  • Posts: 1,912

Re: Body Repair

Yea, that's a heck of a "ding".  Man, I feel your pain... I agree with dguyton.  With that hard of a hit you may have other hidden issues. Have a luthier look at it. What kind of guitar is it? Is this on the back?

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  • From: Portsmouth, UK
  • Registered: 2008-07-29
  • Posts: 95

Re: Body Repair

the guitar itself is not very valuable in monies, but it was passed down so there is some of that there.

It was a massive bang, I kind of thwacked it into a set of drawers, the neck has kind of come off as well, but that can be reglued.

Its really rather annoying!

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