| Fixing the dings on the back of the neck is not difficult if you have good hand skills. The process is known as a drop fill. On a poly finished neck the material of choice is medium or thick viscosity super glue. The glue is dropped into the ding and left to cure. Medium will cure in thirty seconds or so. The heavy in a few minutes. Accelerator can be used to speed the process along. The idea is to build the glue into a lump that stands proud of the surrounding lacquer. It is then ground near level with files and/or abrasives. When just shy of level, switch to extra fine abrasives starting at 600 grit and moving through 1500-2000. From there automotive polishing compounds are used to match the gloss of the rest of the lacquer.
BTW, if you have never attempted this type of repair it is imperative that you practice on scrap. You can use chipped ashtrays, dinged furniture (that you don't care about), flea market guitars, or anything else that you can afford to throw away. The mistakes you make on these items will teach you a lot and give you the confidence to perform the task on your guitar. Remember: Practice on scrap.
If this is not something you feel confident doing, any good tech can do it for you for a nominal charge per ding. Much cheaper than a new neck. Besides, in another twenty years or so you will have a cool old "vintage" guitar.
Last edited by 202dy : 02-04-2008 at 08:03 AM.
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