Dent in finish on edge w/ crack - repair?

[Steve St.Laurent]

Well my brand new guitar isn't pristine any more - which I'm actually fine with as it going to get used.  I dropped it off my lap while cleaning the back and the edge/corner landed on a metal drawer.  It put a dent in it and there's a small (1/4 inch) crack in the finish).  It's a chambered swamp ash body.  Should I repair the crack somehow?  I don't mind the dent (or the crack for that matter as long as it doesn't spread and take a bunch of finish off).  If so, how should I go about fixing it?  TIA

 

[Eric Banjitar]

I would not fix it. I own and PLAY (bump, pound, pick. pull and prod) many guitars and other stringed instruments and I promise that one day they will all be authentically relic'd because I play them and display them.  I have a buddy who owns a couple collectables that never see the light of day or stage and I feel bad for the instuments. Mine are loved, not intentionally abused, but accidentally distressed. They have some scars, and so do I, but all are signs of a life well played.

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

Well based on research done here on other posts I did a minor repair to it - I used cynoacrylate (super glue) to seal the crack.  Did a light sanding to take off the overrun and then polished it with and automotive polish (meguiars).  This was at least the crack in the finish won't spread.  I don't mind the dent at all but I didn't want the finish to crack further.

 

[stubhead]

I'd say fret ends and drop-filling with superglue are the next two most useful skills anyone should acquire, after basic soldering, setup and finishing. I don't mind the battle scars around body edges, but dings in the back of the neck turn me all OCD  :binkybaby: - like picking a scab, only it just won't heal till you DO something. I try to anticipate the viciousness of cheap crap-shit guitar stands by adding padding on the neck yoke, but they're devious little beasts. Superglue accelerator is more useful to me than the thicker grades of glue.