Un-relic my Telecaster

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Re: Un-relic my Telecaster

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Kiwiaxe wrote:Check with your insurance company?
I think I'll give them a call tomorrow to see what can be done. Worth asking anyway. It's a real bugger I accidentally kicked my music stand into my guitar earlier today..
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Re: Un-relic my Telecaster

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StratMatt wrote:
Kiwiaxe wrote:Check with your insurance company?
I think I'll give them a call tomorrow to see what can be done. Worth asking anyway. It's a real bugger I accidentally kicked my music stand into my guitar earlier today..
Don't say you were being paid to play.

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Re: Un-relic my Telecaster

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Molly wrote:
StratMatt wrote:
Kiwiaxe wrote:Check with your insurance company?
I think I'll give them a call tomorrow to see what can be done. Worth asking anyway. It's a real bugger I accidentally kicked my music stand into my guitar earlier today..
Don't say you were being paid to play.
It's never even left the house :thumbup:
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StratMatt wrote:
Kiwiaxe wrote:Check with your insurance company?
I think I'll give them a call tomorrow to see what can be done. Worth asking anyway. It's a real bugger I accidentally kicked my music stand into my guitar earlier today..
So that's who my heavy old metal guitar stand ended up with...

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Re: Un-relic my Telecaster

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So I ended up lodging an insurance claim - which I don't have to go through with if I decide not to. The insurance assessor for Rockshop sorted out some quotes for a couple of options.

Option 1: Fill the hole and try and patch it up best as possible. $150-$200. This will still be noticeable and probably hit my resale/replacement value a bit.

Option 2: Fill the hole, sand a large area back and give it a refinish. Should be good as new. $800-$900.

Option 3: I have a crack at it myself, spend no money, probably make it look like shit. Definitely take a hit on resale :rofl:

My excess is $300. I'm thinking I might pay the excess and get it properly refinished and just NOT put my guitar on a stand at the front of the stage in future! Depending on how much premiums are affected. I'm pretty sure this guitar is gonna be a long term keeper; it has a really good feel about it.
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Re: Un-relic my Telecaster

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jeremyb wrote:Some wood filler and careful spraying of black paint and you might be able to hide it fairly well :)
I`m gonna repost what Jeremyb says. I really cant imagine anyone stripping this down to do a total refinish. I`m no expert but 900 for a refin seems a little OTT
There are still some that think the neck PU is moved to accommodate the extra frets which only proves they cannot detect the difference in length of each.

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Re: Un-relic my Telecaster

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Last time I paid for a refin was in the $250-$300 ball park. That was old poly stripped off, and refinished in a different colour.

Was back in 2005 though... guess theres been some inflation since then.

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Re: Un-relic my Telecaster

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Yep, judging by the guys quote, insurance jobs get charged up pretty hard.
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Re: Un-relic my Telecaster

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Other thing is, at $900 get yourself a new body from MJT or similar and have cash left over to pay for part of the excess!
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Re: Un-relic my Telecaster

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Surely on the black bit that's a plug with filler and respray? If Dad still had his furniture factory I'd get him to do it for you. You'd never even know there was a repair.

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Re: Un-relic my Telecaster

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StratMatt wrote:I'm pretty sure this guitar is gonna be a long term keeper; it has a really good feel about it.
That, to me, says leave it as it is. Masking tape a piece of matchbox over it with a smart alec quote if you don't like looking at the ding.
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