Guitar Fix Up

[DLRdelight!]

so my girlfriend surprised the hell out of me this christmas and got me a vintage sunburst nick valensi riviera!!! not the new cheaper model either. anyways i thought it would loof better without the pickguard which i assume most of you know what it looks like. picture a les paul pickguard. so i take off the pickguard all is fine and then i take off that little metal thing on the side that holds it up and find that the paint is chipped because it was obviouslt on to tight. now the size of the chip is real small.

so what can i use to fix it or should i just leave it???

ill try to get dome pictures up

[DLRdelight!]

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[DLRdelight!]

the guy i usually take to fix stuff on my guitar said over the phone yo just leave it if its little. to live with it because eventually it will happen

[DLRdelight!]

and one more thing she got it from musiciansfriend and i dont really want to hassle with returning it because i love the thing so much

[Matt White]

Leave it...it adds "Character"

[jhale667]

Originally posted by Matt White
Leave it...it adds "Character"

Exactly, exactly. People pay extra for that shit these days...

[DLRdelight!]

thats what someone else told me as well.

[DLRdelight!]

well i guess ill leave it then

[cdwillis]

Personally I would just leave it too. It's too small to really notice unless you're up close and like it's been said people will pay for that kind of shit nowadays.

[Nitro Express]

You can use high quality super glue to fill in chips. Stewartmac.com is a good source of information on such things. I use a glue called Hot Stuff on my guitars. If anything, a little glue will keep more paint from chipping off.

I wouldn't worry too much about it. Play it and enjoy it. People do pay extra for the aged look. LOL!

[ELVIS]

I'd return it...

[jhale667]

Originally posted by ELVIS
I'd return it...

Might have a hard time with that, as

A) Removing the pickguard was most likely what caused the damage...

B) Were the pickguard reinstalled, the "defect" would not be visible.

Actually, if you slap the pickguard back on and didn't tell them what you did,
-just that you didn't LIKE it, chances are you could return it.
But if you walk in there telling them basically "I decided to take off the pickguard and fucked up the finish"
(Because regardless of whether the bracket was on too tight, YOU removed it...that would fall under a "destructive modification" ) they will probably give you grief.
Can you tell I was a guitar salesman for some time?
Anyway, I'd keep it...patch it, leave it alone, whatever...

[DLRdelight!]

damn you elvis now you got me thinking. but when i did put the pickguard back on you can still see it but i just dont want to send it back. for all i know if they send me a new one and i take off the pickguard the same shit may happen if not worse. beautiful guitar to let go

[jhale667]

Originally posted by DLRdelight!
beautiful guitar to let go

Then don't. Just get over it. You'll probably grow to love the thing.
If I obsessed on every little ding on my guitars (and a few of them are still fairly pristine, mind you), I'd be in trouble...

[Nitro Express]

Take a screw driver and scratch up the paint; then that little chip will be the least of your problems.