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efx

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Hi everyone :)

First post here and I wish it could have been on a happier note but here it is as follows.

Story goes:

In oct of 07 I get a standard ebmm jp brand new and everything is hunky dory. I only play it home, I keep it in the case with the lid closed every time I even put it down etc. Then one day in november I pick the guitar up from the case and it looks like this:

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There were a bunch of fine scratches on the guitar which is odd because I never wear shirts with zippers where I play. I thought it could be perhaps a cold weather issue (I am in Sweden heh) but I decide this stuff happens and as long as I'm careful it won't get any worse.

Wrong.

So fast foward to january and one morning it looks like this:
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Basically, chunks of paint fell off overnight, the edges are all frizzled and there's that dark paint ingrained in the coating underneath.

And today it looks like this:

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Basically, I have no idea how it happened. Today I showed it to a store that's also an official ebmm dealer and they thought it looked like it had been put under a stagelight for many hours but that's never been the case with the info provided above. This has been my baby and I've treated it as such.

It's just odd to me why this would happen, a repaint would cost around 1000 dollars or the equivalent here so that's obviously not worth it but then again this kills the joy to play something fierce for me.

Any ideas or thoughts on what I could do? Any input and/or help is greatly appreciated. :)

Thank you!
 

leftyguitarblue

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i have never seen anything like that in my life. you opened it up one day and it looked like that? seriously? Is there an ex-girlfriend who maybe melted it with a blowtorch while you were sleeping?
 
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Coffeemug

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I don't wanna make you feel worse but that's just the most severe and unusual paint damage I have ever seen! I don't think that any exposure to light, heat or cold temperatures could cause a damage of this dimension in such a short time period, especially with a usually bomb proof finish like EBMM's...
 

fbecir

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Hello

The best you can do is to contact the Customer Support (with a mail, it will be cheaper than phone ...). It is really a very strange case. I am not sure that the Swedish distributor is able to cope with such a problem. Thus better go to CS.

Good luck
 

Headstock

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Clean the guitar with something you should not have? Spill anything on it ? That is bizaare...
 

BigMESA

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In oct of 07 I get a standard ebmm jp brand new and everything is hunky dory. I only play it home, I keep it in the case with the lid closed every time I even put it down etc. Then one day in november I pick the guitar up from the case and it looks like this:

That is amazing. The serial number is clearly shown, can a EB rep check to make sure this is a legit guitar? Something definitely went wrong in the painting process of that guitar I would think.
 

efx

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I just sent customer service a mail. I should have done that first now that I think of it but oh well.

Thanks again for all the responses and input, I really do appreciate it :)
 

lenny

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I have seen something like that before ...my buddy had an Ibanez when we were like 17 or 18 ...like 20 years ago hahaha anyway he would play the guitar with NO SHIRT ON and his deodorant literally ate the paint ...do you happen to do that ??
 

Ernieballplayer

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Oh gosh, I have never seen a case like this before, wow! Gosh thats terrible. Maybe the case might have to do with the strange problem, but it sure looks like it was exposed to something hot since how else would the finish go back like it is from what the picture shows.
 
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