Thunderface
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And now the two of them together, a '77 S-300 and an '81 S-300AD
Newbie joins in with a sunburst S300A-D
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I had some varnish come off the sides of the fretboard when I had a refret. But once I found a good repairer recently, I had it fixed like new. I'm convinced almost any finish issue can be fixed having seen all sorts of wrecks got through his workshop and come out like new. And not very expensive to fix problems either.
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I had some varnish come off the sides of the fretboard when I had a refret. But once I found a good repairer recently, I had it fixed like new. I'm convinced almost any finish issue can be fixed having seen all sorts of wrecks got through his workshop and come out like new. And not very expensive to fix problems either.
ChrisDowning said:
This is true for nitro (nitrocellulose lacquer) finishes, and good luthiers. With poly (polyurethane, polyester) and catalyzed finishes, its hit an miss, and it doesn't matter who the person doing the work is; just the nature of the beast. Nitro has the wonderful property of melting into itself (reamalgating is the term, I believe) when applied, the poly finishes are completely solidified when they leave the factory, and any repairs will generally be visible if one looks closely enough. The only vendor that I know of that has looked at that is Taylor; they used to have (and may still) a repair kit that would allow seamless repair of their UV cured finish, available only to Taylor certified luthiers.
Of course, an unqualified luthier can even mess up a nitro repair, so don't leave the skill level of the luthier out of the equation when any repairs are needed.
Kostas
P.S. Your varnish was nitro. I don't think that Guild (or any major recent vendor, but I can be corrected) actually used a varnish finish, unless the guitar was refinished with a varnish finish.