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03-02-2009, 03:44 PM
|  | Mr. Pompous A$$ | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Los Angeles area | | | Bad Accident This Morning!
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My son borrowed my MTD 535-24 Lined fretless for jazz band rehearsal this morning - he plays at the high school I teach at. After rehearsal he brought the bass to my classroom for safe keeping.
Some of my students asked to see the bass and I said sure... but rather than lay the case down I unzipped it while it was leaning against the wall... as I opened the case I watched in horror as the chorus pedal in the case came falling down onto the lower horn close to the fingerboard leaving a slightly-smaller-than-a-dime ding in the finish! 
It looks like it's just through the finish - no big dent or anything. Is something like this pretty easy to fix? I'm going to send an email to Mike T to find out what the finish is and if I should be able to find it locally. Truly sad!
I know - no pics, no ding... so here it is!  |
03-02-2009, 03:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Europe | | | I am sure that Mr T can fix it, or suggest something easy to have it fixed. On the other hand, you may think of it as a battlescar
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03-02-2009, 03:49 PM
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03-02-2009, 04:14 PM
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03-02-2009, 04:20 PM
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03-02-2009, 04:23 PM
|  | two headed puppy's are better than no puppy | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | | Check out the pedal board thread for ideas on how to fix the falling pedal problem.
The bass? Battle scar.
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03-02-2009, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by godofthunder59 That's what we call mojo. You can use it as a teaching experience. Now class what did we learn from this ? Don't store pedals in the case. | Yup! 30 more years of that and it will be a player. 
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03-02-2009, 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by mrwink My son borrowed my MTD 535-24 Lined fretless for jazz band rehearsal this morning - he plays at the high school I teach at. After rehearsal he brought the bass to my classroom for safe keeping.
Some of my students asked to see the bass and I said sure... but rather than lay the case down I unzipped it while it was leaning against the wall... as I opened the case I watched in horror as the chorus pedal in the case came falling down onto the lower horn close to the fingerboard leaving a slightly-smaller-than-a-dime ding in the finish!
It looks like it's just through the finish - no big dent or anything. Is something like this pretty easy to fix? I'm going to send an email to Mike T to find out what the finish is and if I should be able to find it locally. Truly sad!
I know - no pics, no ding... so here it is! |
Hi mrwink,
I suspect you may get more feedback for the dent in the setup/repair forum, so I'm going to move this thread over there.
Best regards,
Paul |
03-02-2009, 09:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Franklinton, louisiana | | | I say leave it...Its road wear... |
03-02-2009, 10:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Las Vegas, Nv | | | dude, i always think a little battle scar is nice. I personally have a few in my guitar from road wear, but to each's own. If i had a nice guitar like that i would not want ANY roadwear on it.
personally, i would shoot Mr. T an email showing him it with the picture, but once again its all your opinion.
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03-02-2009, 10:27 PM
|  | ...of a highly stimulating nature | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Iowa City, Iowa USA | | | I once dropped a 90% complete neck-through I was building and snapped the headstock off on the concrete floor. A little ding is no big deal.
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03-02-2009, 11:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Rio | | | Leave it this way, you'll never forget this day. |
03-02-2009, 11:09 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Metro Detroit | | | I wouldn't be able to leave it, on that bass. On a Fender, I'd have no problem leaving a ding. Honestly, that's why I lug my MIM Fenders to most gigs.
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03-02-2009, 11:18 PM
| | Mr. Pompous A$$ | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Los Angeles area | | | Thanks for all the replies - I don't mind the scars on my beater basses but this is my favorite bass and I really only play it out a few times a month. I'm usually pretty careful with it but blew it this morning.
I know it's like the first ding on a new car... I'll get over it. Probably will repair it though. |
03-03-2009, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by mikeyswood Pretty simple repair with super glue. Sand the area and apply super glue. Buff to desired gloss | DON'T sand, you're likely to sand through the stain!
Get some water thin superglue--NOT $1.99 stuff from the drugstore--and a micro pipette, and wick the tiniest amount into the ding. DO NOT try to just squeeze a tiny drop from the bottle of superglue.
You can also transfer the superglue with a plastic toothpick, finish nail, etc. Put a drop of superglue on a plastic or glass surface, dip the transfer tool in it, and touch it to the ding.
It's not going to completely disappear, you're always going to know that it's there, but this method will solidify it, and finish won't crack or flake off.
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03-03-2009, 11:04 AM
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I think you're missing a 'Road Worn' opportunity. Fender is now beating the crap out of a new bass and uping the price x 3.
Seriously, a very small cost for a real-life lesson in caring for a valuable instrument.
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03-03-2009, 11:43 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco | | Quote:
Originally Posted by mrwink Thanks for all the replies - I don't mind the scars on my beater basses but this is my favorite bass and I really only play it out a few times a month. I'm usually pretty careful with it but blew it this morning.
I know it's like the first ding on a new car... I'll get over it. Probably will repair it though. | now that it's got some "character", maybe you'll play it more often. |
03-03-2009, 05:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Los Angeles | | | heck fender is making those 'worn' guitars... it seems to me like mojo is hip.... if the bass looks babied that just means you never played it... where's the fun in that... Every bass I own has mojo... I'd drive myself crazy if I worried about every little scratch on em... |
03-03-2009, 05:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: UTICA NEW YORK | | | nick
I don't think anybody can see it from the stage. I know you know it's there but getting it fixed means time away from you while it's being repaired and cash shipping both ways. Try home repair and let it be. you should see mine. Peace |
03-03-2009, 06:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Gladstone, QLD, Australia | | | don't fix it...
do you fix every ding you get in your car?
same thing...
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