Is this anything more than cosmetic?

[MkIII Renegade]

Re: Is this anything more than cosmetic?

Ka POW!

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Ahh, that will buff right out!

 

[Darg1911]

Re: Is this anything more than cosmetic?

Stevie Ray's guitar had a nitro finish from back in the early 1960's while the OP's finish on his guitar is probably polyurethane. Poly doesn't wear as well as nitro does which explains the difference between the two.



;>)/

Yeah, I get that. But correct me if I'm wrong but higher end guitars are usually (or often) stained or dyed, yes? The dye or stain penetrates the wood. If one of those guitars are finished with poly (or nitro), and the poly wore or chipped, the wood would still show the staining or dye. Would it not?

 

[mexstrat]

Re: Is this anything more than cosmetic?

Stevie Ray's guitar had a nitro finish from back in the early 1960's while the OP's finish on his guitar is probably polyurethane. Poly doesn't wear as well as nitro does which explains the difference between the two.



;>)/

Actually, the body's finish is polyester.

 

[Clint 55]

Re: Is this anything more than cosmetic?

Ahh, that will buff right out!

Heh heh heh :blackeye:

 

[MetalManiac]

Re: Is this anything more than cosmetic?

Axe-tually, contrariwise, I'd be concerned about it.

Yes neck checks / cracks to the finish are common at the neck heel but one thing you do not want to see is the fissure running horizontal with the grain like this. On an innocuous neck finish 'crack', you witness the ubiqitous little neck check running down and perpendicular to the grain. Plus it looks as though it was epoxied right there also, and the rest of the chip was not;why?

I wouldn't touch it, but then again, it's just a MIM, so probably just play it like everyone says.Unless you have neck stability issues or tuning/ intonation issues who cares with a MIM body.

 

[kramersteen]

Re: Is this anything more than cosmetic?

What epoxy?

 

[MetalManiac]

Re: Is this anything more than cosmetic?

Check the pics . its an incidental thing IF it exists at all, it's just another red flag to the rest of my stated concerns . I believe that I see Epoxy there at the bottom of the finish chip.That could be cause any neck actual wood crack has had an amateuer attempt to epoxy and clamp a crack in the wood itself .

In case you don't know, cracks into the wood at the neck aren't a good thing. I might be mistaken about the Epoxy , anyone else see it?


BTW Kramersteen, Im cooking up a big succulent delicious Roo steak tonight. Give up that Vegan crap and come eat some Roo mate!

 

[kramersteen]

Re: Is this anything more than cosmetic?

I don't see epoxy. It looks like undercoat under the pain and or just thick paint.

food is only good if you have someone to enjoy it with. :18:

 

[kramersteen]

Re: Is this anything more than cosmetic?

I have sanded down maybe 5 guitars now that all had cracks around the heel. guess how many weren't cosmetic? Theres more chance of a break along a glue join..

I'm yet to even see one picture of a heel crack that has broken off completely. I could google that.

 

[RorySquier]

Re: Is this anything more than cosmetic?

Yeah, I get that. But correct me if I'm wrong but higher end guitars are usually (or often) stained or dyed, yes? The dye or stain penetrates the wood. If one of those guitars are finished with poly (or nitro), and the poly wore or chipped, the wood would still show the staining or dye. Would it not?

Is this a trick question?:?:



;>)/

 

[RorySquier]

Re: Is this anything more than cosmetic?

Actually, the body's finish is polyester.

Polyester is even more durable than polyurethane. It's more scratch resistance, but in your case not chip resistant. How did that chip on your guitar happen?



;>)/

 

[MetalManiac]

Re: Is this anything more than cosmetic?

I have sanded down maybe 5 guitars now that all had cracks around the heel. guess how many weren't cosmetic? Theres more chance of a break along a glue join..

I'm yet to even see one picture of a heel crack that has broken off completely. I could google that.

Heel cracks into the wood running with the grain are not isolated incidents. They are fairly commonplace in the big assembly guitar market..

 

[kramersteen]

Re: Is this anything more than cosmetic?

Heel cracks into the wood running with the grain are not isolated incidents. They are fairly commonplace in the big assembly guitar market..

Yeah that would be from stock that has been damaged during manufacturing. Things like a bad bit of wood or a blunt router or milling bit could cause a chip out and crack.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Is this anything more than cosmetic?

You could always take the neck off and look at the 'crack' from the other side. See if there is really anything there. But I'd probably just play it and not worry about it.

 

[astrozombie]

Re: Is this anything more than cosmetic?

I had many fenders that developed this issue. Never affected my playing or the playability or sound of the instrument.

 

[devastone]

Re: Is this anything more than cosmetic?

I'd just play the crap out of it, like has been said, it's a MIM, if the body falls apart, which there is probably less than 1% chance of it doing, just get a Mighty Mite body and carry on.

 

[Darg1911]

Re: Is this anything more than cosmetic?

Is this a trick question?:?:



;>)/

Yeah, that's it. It's a trick question.

 

[mexstrat]

Re: Is this anything more than cosmetic?

A while ago, I just opened my guitar case, picked up my guitar, saw a blue thing on my hand, looked at my guitar to see where it came from, and oh, there is the chip. Right at the neck joint. Idk how the chip happened. Probably just wear.