Musicman Stingray Neck Repair question

Jamco · #1 06-27-2009, 07:32 PM

Hi guys,

This is my first post in a long long time!

I have a question about repair work to my Musicman Stingray's neck.

I am in a touring rock band and as a result of playing my Stingray against amps, knocks with my bandmates on stage and a few hazardous transport hitches, I have put a few dinks in the instrument's neck (not where the frets are but the other side).

Whilst the dinks do not affect playability, they do annoy me aesthetically and was wondering how I should go about getting them repaired? When I run my fingers along the neck I can feel them and it is distressing in such a beautiful instrument!

Any ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated!

Jamco

vejesse · #2 06-27-2009, 08:06 PM

You can steam a dent after you remove the bit of finish over the dent. Steam out what you can then fill in the crater with thick finish.

**HeavyDuty** · #3 06-28-2009, 02:02 AM

If it's a Stingray, the neck probably doesn't have much of a finish to be concerned with. Steam and sand is probably the order of the day.

kalle74 · #4 06-29-2009, 08:37 AM

you can steam out the dents, and sand, but a quality instrument stand (placed somewhere safe), a quality heavy-duty flight case and a bit of caution could help you a mile, too, future-wise...

Jamco · #5 07-05-2009, 11:26 AM

I do indeed good care of my instruments, but some unfortunate accidents involving other band's crew and onstage collisions have been responsible for this minor damage.

Thank you all for responding so far!

Would a guitar or specialist bass shop be able to do this repair work for me (I'm not particularly confident at such things)? Would repair work make it look like new?

In terms of cases, a flight case - whilst I own one- is large and sometimes due to car space I need to put the instrument in a soft case. Would anyone please be able to recomment a high quality soft case for me?