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It also looks like he's somehow got some black stuff mixed in with the paint. What happened there?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
The thought of damaging a customer's guitar is painful.
When I was starting out I got in over my head with the finish on an acoustic and paid Rob Williams around £150 to refinish the top for me rather than give the customer a guitar back in worse condition than when it was given to me.
Anyway I decided to put some new strings on today, and start afresh. I wasn't sure if some of the marks on the neck were greasy fingerprints or glue, but after cleaning and oiling the fretboard it turns out that they are glue. I've tried to take some photos, but it's quite tricky because it depends on how it catches the light. It's basically either side of the frets that have been worked on.
Anyway, my question is - has anyone got any idea how to try and get the glue marks off? Or do I have to wait 20 years for it to wear off naturally?!!
Could I sand the areas with very find sandpaper? Is that safe to do?
(I really don't want to go back to the 'guitar tech'.)
Sounds like he's not even admitting to f**king up?
I'd want at least my money back and take it to someone who knows what they are doing.
I ended up fitting a Tusq nut to it, now I do all my own work, I wouldn't let anyone touch any of my guitars unless they were a well established, well known shop with a permanent on site tech working for them, at least a big shop will take more responsibility and have more to lose so they wont employ a butcher. No offence intended towards our FB community techs, Im sure there are more decent techs out there than bad ones, but with things like this if you give your guitar to a bad tech by the time you find out their form its already too late.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Yes very true. It's sometimes hard to make that judgement isn't it?!
What would the good techs on here do? Is it fixable?
Not an easy paint to match I would imagine.
The fingerboard is quite easy, a little solvent and some careful scraping along the direction of the wood grain followed by a polish will take care of it.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein