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Thunderbird Club

#8,501
Thinking out loud here:
The ding/dent in the neck of this paint-finished Epiphone... I know about the steam trick for raising wood out of a dented unfinished/satin neck, but I'm worried about pulling the paint off a big area in the process. As an alternative, I'm kinda wondering how it would turn out if I were to instead just fill the ding with clear two-part epoxy and trim it down to blend with the shape of the neck. I'm not concerned with repairing the (minor) visible dent as much as making it less noticeable when playing the bass. Anyone tried that?
 
#8,502
Mike A said:
Thinking out loud here:
The ding/dent in the neck of this paint-finished Epiphone... I know about the steam trick for raising wood out of a dented unfinished/satin neck, but I'm worried about pulling the paint off a big area in the process. As an alternative, I'm kinda wondering how it would turn out if I were to instead just fill the ding with clear two-part epoxy and trim it down to blend with the shape of the neck. I'm not concerned with repairing the (minor) visible dent as much as making it less noticeable when playing the bass. Anyone tried that?
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I'd probably use a thick CA before id do epoxy.
A lot of luthiers use it for gap filling and drop fills.
 
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#8,507
I know Stew-Mac sells it in various thickness. My friend uses it for a lot of touchup. In fact I have a couple of spots on my trans red Warmoth body that we used it on and it sands to a nice clear finish. Not so sure about the stuff from Home Depot or Target tho.
 
#8,509
Mike A said:
Ah, gotcha. Not sure about that. It'd take a few coats to fill the dent and that stuff has a tendency to turn white on the exposed surface. I'd like to end up with a clear finish or something else that will mask it as much as possible.
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How bad is it?

If it's not too bad, why not leave it as is, rather than possible ruining that nice finish?
 
#8,511
OK, that makes sense. I'm going to actually need a little bit of "filler," that's why I thought epoxy might be a better choice. It's not bad at all, but it kind of looks like it was punched with the edge of a cymbal or something similar. It's a clean-edged punch through the finish into the wood about .375" long and .093" wide... maybe .100" deep at the deepest point. I looked last night and it's positioned around the 5th or 6th fret instead of the 10th that I misremembered yesterday.
 
#8,513
marko57 said:
Are they hard to come by? I really hope to join that club some day! :)
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Depends... They don't come up for sale that often, and when they do prices can vary a lot - From a fairly good deal to quite expensive, considering it's a bolt-on EPi in a limited finish. It seems that Mike A and I got some pretty good deals on ours and were lucky that there were not that many bidders. I've seen some go for over $ 400-450, but got lucky with mine ($ 280 incl. OHSC) in mint condition with all the protective films on the covers and tuners. The Korean made limited editions seem to fetch a higher price than the Chinese made ones, but the quality of both seems pretty much identical to me.
 
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SVTbird said:
Here's what I'm talking about

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I wonder if it would fill this in :roflmao:

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