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Location: Cicero, NY | If I wanted to get some repairs (two small dents in the face) done to my O, where might I start? |
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Location: NJ | Ovation Customer Service in New Hartford, CT.
Best Care, Anywhere. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Thanks, Cliff. I'll contact them. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | What model guitar? |
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Location: Cicero, NY | 1616-04 Concert Classical |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | The factory may be able to work magic on it.
But be aware of the following and ask about them...
Spot touch-ups can be done, but often will be detectable, because of the catalized finsh (nearly nothing will redisolve it) so the repair will look (in the right light) like cooking oil on water.
The other option is to have the top refinished, but whatever "patina" your top has developed from age will go away with the repair. Many folks prefer the aged appearence to a new looking top. |
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Location: SoCal | I disagree with the comment "whatever patina your top has developed from age will go away" with a top refinish.
I had a 1968 Deluxe Balladeer refinished. True, some of the "patina" which was the finish yellowing did go away. But the wood itself had aged and was just beautiful. Looks like a top that had been treated with aging toner. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | what type of cost would we be talking (and, yes, I understand that it would be ballpark and maybe even slightly wild at that), but if you HAD to guess...what's it cost to refinish a top? |
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Location: SoCal | $400? But call Kim or John. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | $400 is the ball park.
I had a top refinish done and some other stuff and it cost $375.
I definitely lost the deep honey color of the wood with the the refinish.
Just make sure you ask about it. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Figured as much. This guitar was recently selling on eBay, in excellent shape, for about $250 (which I couldn't believe but it was noted here) so I can't justify putting $400 into fixing a problem that doesn't affect the sound too much. I'll probably just leave that job for the guy who pries it out of my cold, lifeless hands... |
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Location: East Tennessee | I used to work in a furniture store,( many years ago). We used an iron with a damp cloth to remove dents from furniture. Not sure it would work on a guitar.
Anybody got a Taylor WeaserP could practice on? :D |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I've used the iron method on table tops, put on a drop of water, some damp cloths, let it soak a bit and then heat, then sand, the theory is that moist wood will expand with the heat. I wouldn't try it on a guitar though, given the thickness (or thinness) of the top. though some of our fellows may be more knowledgable. To me a dent is character. It shows the thing was used. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Risky. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | The iron won't work, it is was raw wood yes but not with the finish. Two little dents, I'd leave it. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Agreed. The moisture will never get to the wood fibers, and you will likely scar the finish irreparably. |
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