Hey guys!
After doing some research - and taking off the pickguard on my Les Paul Tribute 2017 to see, I found out that on about all Les Pauls, the bracket under the pickguard (the screw and nut) will leave a dent/chip on the paint. I have been the guitar for about 2 weeks now and I have probably touched/pressed the pickguard a few times, so the dent on my Goldtop is actually now a little round chip all the way down to the wood - which isn't very deep, but still a chip.
I've already installed back the pickguard since I personally do like the look of Les Paul's with pickguards, so I won't be worrying about looking at the chip anyway. My actual worry is different:
Since my LP Tribute has a satin finish, there's no nitro coat on the guitar so it's just the paint and it's color which in my case it's a goldtop. I was wondering if the chip on a satin (very thin) paint job will start to "expand" or "grow" like a cancer with continuos use. I have already placed a piece of felt under the pickguard's nut so it doesn't scratch the finish anymore but the existing dent is already there.
Any thoughts on this? Do I need to do something to the chip? Will it stay the same?