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..Kiwiaxe wrote:Check with your insurance company?
Un-relic my Telecaster
Moderators: Slowy, Capt. Black
- StratMatt
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 5243
- meble-kuchenne.warszawa.pl
- Joined: Sat Jan 25, 2014 7:41 pm
- Has liked: 557 times
- Been liked: 621 times
Re: Un-relic my Telecaster
Loving it so far
- Molly
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 24957
- Joined: Sat Dec 21, 2013 12:17 pm
- Has liked: 2488 times
- Been liked: 2799 times
Re: Un-relic my Telecaster
Don't say you were being paid to play.StratMatt wrote: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..Kiwiaxe wrote:Check with your insurance company?
- StratMatt
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 5243
- Joined: Sat Jan 25, 2014 7:41 pm
- Has liked: 557 times
- Been liked: 621 times
Re: Un-relic my Telecaster
It's never even left the houseMolly wrote:Don't say you were being paid to play.StratMatt wrote: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..Kiwiaxe wrote:Check with your insurance company?
Loving it so far
Re: Un-relic my Telecaster
So that's who my heavy old metal guitar stand ended up with...StratMatt wrote: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..Kiwiaxe wrote:Check with your insurance company?
- StratMatt
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 5243
- Joined: Sat Jan 25, 2014 7:41 pm
- Has liked: 557 times
- Been liked: 621 times
Re: Un-relic my Telecaster
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
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.
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
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.
Loving it so far
-
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 2353
- Joined: Fri Jun 05, 2015 8:39 am
- Has liked: 365 times
- Been liked: 135 times
Re: Un-relic my Telecaster
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 OTTjeremyb wrote:Some wood filler and careful spraying of black paint and you might be able to hide it fairly well
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.
- jimi
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 3401
- Joined: Thu Nov 25, 2004 2:23 pm
- Location: Auckland
- Has liked: 843 times
- Been liked: 359 times
Re: Un-relic my Telecaster
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.
Was back in 2005 though... guess theres been some inflation since then.
- jeremyb
- Chorus of Organs
- Posts: 41109
- Joined: Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:03 am
- Has liked: 7724 times
- Been liked: 4169 times
Re: Un-relic my Telecaster
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!
Slowy wrote: That's the problem; everything rewarding is just such hard work. Regret takes much less effort.
- HackSaw
- Vintage Post Junkie
- Posts: 2781
- Joined: Sat Jan 03, 2015 6:34 am
- Location: AKL
- Has liked: 145 times
- Been liked: 519 times
Re: Un-relic my Telecaster
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.
- Single coil
- BANNED
- Posts: 10050
- Joined: Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:35 pm
- Location: Public toilet
- Has liked: 1110 times
- Been liked: 485 times
Re: Un-relic my Telecaster
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.StratMatt wrote:I'm pretty sure this guitar is gonna be a long term keeper; it has a really good feel about it.
werdna wrote:Well at least I can still make toast in the bath without anyone telling me it's unsafe.