OH NOOOOO.. please help!! and hello

[AxeFemme]

Hi everyone,

I am new here and happy to be part of a wonderful community. I have a very unfortunate problem that has me very distracted at the moment.

I own a music man JP6 mystic dream and low and behold I noticed a ding on the body just above the hand strap hanger.
Not sure what happened as I don't recall hitting it, but I am really not feeling happy about it. It is only about 2mm diameter but I can see the wood.

I guess my question is can this be fixed and if so how? I do not feel comfortable at all doing it myself, but maybe you know of someone I can send it to to get repaired so it looks new again? I know this may seem overboard, but I am anal like that I guess.

In any case any support or recommendations are always appreciated.

again... nice to be part of the community!!!1

 

[Big Poppa]

You must learn to love the battle scars...there is no really good way to fix it. The first ding hurts the most!

 

[JayDawg]

Got any pictures? Maybe if we see the damage, someone can give advice if it is fixable or not? I agree with BP though, short of refinishing the guitar, there probably is no real way to fix it if it went down to the wood.

 

[Jimmyb]

Make up a cool story about it, along the lines of 'This is where I used the guitar to stop a runaway bus full of schoolchildren and saved the day!'

 

[andynpeters]

My normal suggestion is to touch it up with your girlfriend's nail polish. Sadly I'm not sure they make "Mystic Dream" nail polish!
If it were a Fender you could call it a "Relic" & sell it for much more than it's worth!

 

[browndog]

I once bought a tiny bottle of auto touch up paint that was very close to the colour of my guitar. I dropped in a dab and I could no longer see the wood.

MD would be tough to match but you could get something close and at least the wood would be covered up.

 

[sunmouse]

You can fix it emotionally by closing your eyes, picturing any of Rory Gallagher's guitars and smiling quietly to yourself - how Zen is that!

 

[dibart77]

Hey guys: This raises an interesting question... When I bought my Infiniti, the dealer offered me the option of purchasing a small (nail-polish sized) bottle of touch-up paint. Even though the car has a pearl finish, I now have the exact match in the unfortunate event of a ding. It would be outstanding if EBMM offered that as an option. You spend an extra $10 bucks when you purchase the guitar and you get a small bottle of touch-up paint. Or, alternatively, you call Customer Service/Parts and give them a valid serial number that matches the paint you want, and they sell you the paint.

It's a little nail polish bottle, so there's no worries about people making their own Mystic Dream or Dargie II, just enough for touch-ups.

Once you chip that paint, it'll never be as good as new, but if you had factory original touch-up paint, it'd be good enough for the 5-feet away view!

BP, is this something that you'd be willing to explore?