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What a day Im having. I got my USA custom body in the mail today. The first thing I do is overtighten the neck bolt and chip off a piece of paint in the corner of the body where the neck attaches. SOB! Then Im using needle nose to pull ont he springs. Slip... Huge gash scratch accross the back of the body. I put the guitar down for a while.

I come back to work on this brand new body. I pick it up by the neck and realize only too late I dont have the bolts tightened. Another huge floor tile textured gash on the bottom. Is this the most fucked up shit!

oh man, try again tomorrow or saturday. some days i realize i would be so much better off if i just locked myself in the closet & stayed still...

Billy Batz wrote:What a day Im having. I got my USA custom body in the mail today. The first thing I do is overtighten the neck bolt and chip off a piece of paint in the corner of the body where the neck attaches. SOB! Then Im using needle nose to pull ont he springs. Slip... Huge gash scratch accross the back of the body. I put the guitar down for a while.

I come back to work on this brand new body. I pick it up by the neck and realize only too late I dont have the bolts tightened. Another huge floor tile textured gash on the bottom. Is this the most fucked up shit!

Ahh, c'mon Billy. Now she's got a little character! It's like the first scratch on a new motorcycle helmet.

Here

I dont mind a little character if it happens naturally. I cant even touch the damn thing!

It makes me think Im better off not getting a new guitar ESPECIALLy a fucking Gibson Historic. Those can stay completely character-less.

Ive NEVER been able to keep a strat in good condition. Maybe I just get myself in a mental state knwing Im about to pick up a gibson.

Think of it this way: your doing for free (relic-ing) what Fender or Tom Murphy would charge you an extra thousand for.
(I know that really doesnt help one fucking bit, but ya gotta try to see the good in the bad... or so they tell me!!)
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At this point Im taking a different approach. Im just getting on the horse and figure the sooner I get this thing togetehr and start playing it and hearing how it sounds the quicker Ill forget about this dumb shit.

Man, I feel your pain.

I finished buffing out the nitro lacquer on my DIY, then managed to mar it while installing the string-through ferrules, along with a chip or two while trying to fit the neck. I wasn't expecting to have to learn lacquer repair quite so soon.

Im just glad I didnt go with ne of the AAAAA flame maple top bodies in the warmoth showcase. I decided to go with a simple 2 piece alder USACG body.

That sucks, Danny. At least the ones you get at the gig usually come with a good war story.

Funny what you say about Strats and Gibby's. I always felt that the Fenders should look well played, they're work horses. But the Gibby's should look like museum pieces.

Billy Batz wrote:At this point Im taking a different approach. Im just getting on the horse and figure the sooner I get this thing togetehr and start playing it and hearing how it sounds the quicker Ill forget about this dumb shit.

Hate to say this, cause it sorta flies in the face of what I said before about finding the good in the bad, but for your sake, I hope it sounds good when yer done with it... it would really suck big time if you've been mauling up a guitar that sounds like shit when its done.
(Im just sayin'...)

Just think Billy, your giving the guitar that aged look for free that Gibson, Fender etc. charge big bucks for! Good luck with your project.

Ways to go to beat this one, days like that happen, for me it seems to be when I unpack an amp..


yngwie308

Yow. I think amps may be your calling LOL.

Seriously though, please don't touch my guitar. j/k

Well look on the bright side, get out some sandpaper and steel wool and you're half way to a relic (which Fender upcharges for).

Ouch, at least you're not alone. I have those days too. Sometimes I drop and/or break everything I touch. So bad that I'm scared to take a piss......


george