Help, Chip=eye sore

[fireheart7]

Hi everyone,

I just bought a used Sterling AX4. It has a significant chip on its quilt veneer top.

Any suggestions other than taking to a luthier? I paid under 100 bucks for the thing, lol. So what would you do?
Any pointers?

 

[BrickGlass]

That would be a luthier job as far as I can tell. I've had chips repaired and students that have had terrible chips repaired. It's fixable to a certain extent for sure. Just a matter of finding the right repair person.

 

[Fro]

For a $100 guitar I'd either:
1. Grab some fingernail polish and touch it up.
2. Try to chip all of the finish off of the top and go all natural, or
3. Nothing. Personally I probably wouldn't do anything but play it.

 

[TripHazard]

For a 100 bills I’d probably leave it, or strip the lot off

 

[fireheart7]

For a $100 guitar I'd either:
1. Grab some fingernail polish and touch it up.
2. Try to chip all of the finish off of the top and go all natural, or
3. Nothing. Personally I probably wouldn't do anything but play it.

Makes sense. Thanks

 

[fireheart7]

For a 100 bills I’d probably leave it, or strip the lot off

True!

 

[DrKev]

Make it a feature! Sharpie, neon pink.

 

[fireheart7]

Make it a feature! Sharpie, neon pink.

Or stormtrooper sticker

 

[Astrofreq]

Add a Monkey Grip!

 

[fireheart7]

��Lol, I don't think so, I would mess it up for sure.

 

[phatduckk]

On a $100 guitar I’d cover it with electric tape :j

 

[Wahoonc]

Duck tape, for sure. Then scrawl a random date on it with a zodiac sign to make people wonder. Happy playing!

 

[Awhitlock]

Looks like a good relic job
.... Haha. They are very fashionable at the moment.

But more seriously, I personally dont see a problem with it. You paid 100 for a great guitar and it wont affect how it sounds/plays. Just have fun with it and you can relax about future dings.

 

[fireheart7]

Looks like a good relic job
.... Haha. They are very fashionable at the moment.

But more seriously, I personally dont see a problem with it. You paid 100 for a great guitar and it wont affect how it sounds/plays. Just have fun with it and you can relax about future dings.

Makes sense to me.

 

[Astrofreq]

Can we have a bigger picture of it? Is it a real Sterling? It's routed and has two knobs. hmm.....

 

[fireheart7]

Can we have a bigger picture of it? Is it a real Sterling? It's routed and has two knobs. hmm.....

I thought AX4 had 2 knobs and ax40 1 knob. I could be wrong. Are you saying it's fake?

 

[Astrofreq]

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I thought AX4 had 2 knobs and ax40 1 knob. I could be wrong. Are you saying it's fake?

You are right. I wasn’t aware that the AX4 was that setup. . But it was routed after the fact. No worries.

 

[fireheart7]

You are right. I wasn’t aware that the AX4 was that setup. . But it was routed after the fact. No worries.

got it.

 

[spychocyco]

For a $100 guitar, I'd leave it as is. It would probably cost more than you paid for the guitar to repair it properly.

 

[fireheart7]

Update:
Got the guitar for my 12 yr. old son. Used it as a project for him to learn to restring, clean the neck, set the tremolo, set intonation. The action was spot on so no need to work there. I am amazed at the quality of the neck, it is flawless! All frets leveled, stable as heck. It held tuning quicker than other more pricier instruments.
The pickups sound good.
The weak spot is the trem bar. It has a significant amount of lag, not good enough if you know better. For a beginner, best beginner guitar by far. I could gig with it, just not use the trem bar, lol.

...and he just covered the chip with an Avengers sticker.

Now I really want one for me.
Wish they had a Sterling Reflex...