Rosewood ding - repaired (pics included)

[spauldingrules]

Well, in a previous post I described the ding I put in my rosewood fretboard.  I tried the soldering iron - wet cloth approach to fixing it, and it worked VERY well.  The key is a soaking wet cloth for maximum steam - do not wring it out!

Anyway, here are before and after pics, as well as a shot of the guitar.  A mahogany sonic blue tele body I got in a trade from JamesL, 24 3/4 warmoth pro neck, Duncan 59's.  Sounds more LP than most Gibsons!

Anyway, thanks for all the tips and enjoy the pics!

 

[nathan a]

Sweet! That's such a relieving feeling-- the successful fix!

But IMO that pickguard should be black....

 

[dbw]

Wow, nasty ding, looks like the steam worked well!

I like the white pickguard OK but I think I would have gone with black, too.

 

[spauldingrules]

I'm happy - it's not 100 percent back to original, but it is a really smooth, very shallow dent now rather than an angular, deep one.  My finger would "catch" on it before, and now it glides over it.

 

[spauldingrules]

Oh, and the white guard was free with the body in the trade so I just left it.  Looks ok to me! 

 

[Nando Vallart]

Looks a ok dent now :laughing7:
Every guitar has to have one at least