buchananblues Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 Has anyone dinged up the back of the guitar neck by accident?
Homz Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 While jamming in my house I have on a few occasions rammed the head stock into the ceiling. In my defense I am 6'5" tall and the ceiling something like 8 feet high and it has only happened when taking off the guitar. I need to learn to duck when I do it. Duh!
MikeRom Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 Yes and it's the only ding type that really cheeses me off when I do it. Prefer a nice smooth neck with no bumpies -
buchananblues Posted December 1, 2008 Author Posted December 1, 2008 Yes and it's the only ding type that really cheeses me off when I do it. Prefer a nice smooth neck with no bumpies - same here, I prefer a smooth neck. Well, I was playing the other night and turned and hit the neck on my music stand, so now I have a small ding on the back of the neck PI$$ED me off.
Taylor Player Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 10 years or more ago, back when I didn't think about things as much, I leaned my Taylor acoustic 612C against a chair and went to get a beer or something.... came back and the guitar had slid to the floor, bumping the neck a few times on the way down. Only one "ding" is noticble but it did make me realize that I had to start taking better care of my guitars. I am so used to it now, it never bothers me anymore, but is there as a reminder NOT to lean my guitars anywhere in the future. When I am not playing them, they are in the case or a good stand.
Bluemoon Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 I had a nasty one on my old Tacoma. It fell off a guitar stand. It bothered the hell out of me because I could feel it every time I played. I had it repaired. You couldn't even see where the old ding was.
L5Larry Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 Has anyone dinged up the back of the guitar neck by accident? If it bothers you when you play, there is a very simple and inexpensive way to smooth it out. It is called "drop fill". You put small drops of finish (I generally use Super Glue) very carefully in the ding, let each coat dry and repeat until it is filled. Buff and polish it out smooth and you'l never feel it again. This will NOT help the visual of the ding, in fact it may make it LOOK worse, but if done properly, it will make feel as smooth as a baby's butt.
Homz Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 On the one occasion when my wife left her keyboard to attempt to play bass for a simple 3 cord song, she dropped it. It broke the plug jack. Lesson: don't let your wife play your bass Reason to be thankful: be happy it was only a bass and not your LP
buchananblues Posted December 1, 2008 Author Posted December 1, 2008 If it bothers you when you play' date=' there is a very simple and inexpensive way to smooth it out. It is called "drop fill". You put small drops of finish (I generally use Super Glue) very carefully in the ding, let each coat dry and repeat until it is filled. Buff and polish it out smooth and you'l never feel it again. This will NOT help the visual of the ding, in fact it may make it LOOK worse, but if done properly, it will make feel as smooth as a baby's butt. [/quote'] I thought about trying super glue, I'll give it a shot.
Flight959 Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 While jamming in my house I have on a few occasions rammed the head stock into the ceiling. In my defense I am 6'5" tall and the ceiling something like 8 feet high and it has only happened when taking off the guitar. I need to learn to duck when I do it. Duh! Who were you entertaining? The Goldfish? I can get a bit keen too sometimes...Broke the front of my DVD player being silly! Flight959
ninety1vee Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 one time my SG fell off the stand and landed neck first on a tool box, giant gash on the side of the neck at the second fret, i was livid and sold it
Dynadude Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 Stew Mac sells a kit for filling dents and dings in lacquer finishes. If you have several guitars, it's well worth the cost. If you rarely ding your gear, take it to a good luthier for filling.
Homz Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 Who were you entertaining? The Goldfish? I can get a bit keen too sometimes...Broke the front of my DVD player being silly! Flight959 Just having band practice and perhaps one to many drinks.
modoc_333 Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 oh yeah. i've hit the neck into the cymbals on the kit.... and then there are others that are mysteries.
guitar_randy Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 Has anyone dinged up the back of the guitar neck by accident? No,not yet anyways.I am careful with them
SRV-Zeppelin Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 While jamming in my house I have on a few occasions rammed the head stock into the ceiling. In my defense I am 6'5" tall and the ceiling something like 8 feet high and it has only happened when taking off the guitar. I need to learn to duck when I do it. Duh! I'm 5'8, but my guitar room is in the basement and is situated under the sunken living room- so I run into the same problems. You just have to make sure you aren't angling the guitar up too sharply when taking it off.
myspace.com/jessenoah Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 there are worse things then dings on the back of your guitar neck, look what happened to axe @ his last gig hehe rick, you da man
SRV-Zeppelin Posted December 1, 2008 Posted December 1, 2008 there are worse things then dings on the back of your guitar neck' date=' look what happened to axe @ his last gig [/quote'] Ouch!
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