Nooo... Not A Scratch

[iiholly]

I just got my first scratch on my Taylor. I was re-stringing it and my handy dandy pull the peggy out thing slipped and bam. I'm going to go mourn now.

[Infectious]

It was bound to happen sooner or later buddy. Ahh well. I think scratches give a guitar character. They're very personal and no 2 guitars can have the exact same wear. Of course...it is a taylor. Hey...who's fault is that tho?

[Pantallica1]

I just got my first scratch on my Taylor. I was re-stringing it and my handy dandy pull the peggy out thing slipped and bam. I'm going to go mourn now.

Bad Holly, BAAAAAAD Holly!!

My guitar is beat up bad, and I love it that way. Makes it look like it's actually been played, not kept in a case and never played.

[iiholly]

Yeah, with all my drunken stumbling around I'm surprised it hasn't happen sooner. Last night I knocked my keyboard (like a piano, not a computer thing) over. I didn't even react, I was just kind of starred for a second then decided it was time to pass out.

I have my acoustic yamaha that has a hella lot of character. It has enough for the both of them. My dad has freaking stepped on that guitar, and it survived. But this is my precious Taylor.

Is there a way to touch up scratches?

[Infectious]

Guitars ARE awesome but theres a time when you just have to forget that they can sometimes be expensive. You gotta put that aside and just play...nothing stays in pristine condition forever. Worrying about scratching a guitar will just make u paranoid. Go with the flow...scratches happen. I had my guitar propped next to my desk the other day and when I walked out of my room it decided it wanted to fall down on the ground. There was a loud THUD and I looked back and there was my favorite guitar on the floor, perhaps scratched...but I decided to turn back around and go to school. It stayed there for the next 6 hours or so. Forget it man...have fun playing your guitar. Scratches are all memorys of the good times you've had.

[Kevin Taylor]

If it's not too serious you can apply a clear finish over the scratch.
All you need is a small amount of lacquer and lacquar thinner. Although keep in mind, if it's a scratch in plain site, you may never hide it completely.
Sometimes you can use a thin viscosity SuperGlue but make sure you have solvent on hand in case you make a mistake.
Best bet if you've never done this kinda stuff before is take it to somebody who knows what they're doing.

[rockonn91]

I have my acoustic yamaha that has a hella lot of character. It has enough for the both of them. My dad has freaking stepped on that guitar, and it survived.


yeah, i have a 12 year old yamaha acoustic and its gone everywhere with me. haha mine has a LOOOT of "character" its gone to summer camps, get togethers, partys, practices, gigs...

haha i think i need a new one...

[aschleman]

OH MAN... My best friend has a 614CE and he would probably committ suicide if it ever got a scratch on it... hm............ That would mean I would get his Taylor......................... I'll be right back.

[Leedogg]

Is there a way to touch up scratches?

http://pics.drugstore.com/prodimg/12939/200.jpg

[RedZep]

OH MAN... My best friend has a 614CE and he would probably committ suicide if it ever got a scratch on it... hm............ That would mean I would get his Taylor......................... I'll be right back.

:D LMAO! Rock on, I get my dads '58 Les Paul when he dies, trust me, I've contemplated murder several times. ;)

[6strngs_2hmbkrs]

a scratch is only a scratch... I freaked out when I had not one but 5 scratches on my gibson's pickguard on the frst day... but, you can't even tell that they are there unless you look in just the right lighting... so I put it past me... and I decided that a scratch is a scratch.. and if you do want to take it somewhere to get a scratch fixed, I'd say save that money, put it in a jar, and everytime you get a scratch, live with it and put that money in a jar... eventually you can buy a brand new identical one with no scratches... or better yet, an even better guitar...

[iiholly]

http://pics.drugstore.com/prodimg/12939/200.jpg

It would give it some character. I wouldn't just use a plain bandaid though. I need something with little designs. Like Scooby Doo designs. I'm so going to go do that right now.

[Leedogg]

I wanna see a pic if you do! :D :p

[6strngs_2hmbkrs]

It would give it some character. I wouldn't just use a plain bandaid though. I need something with little designs. Like Scooby Doo designs. I'm so going to go do that right now.
ooh, ooh, do a disney princess band-aid!

[Cryptic Excretions]

Ah, sorry to hear about that dude, just look at it this way. It's just character in the guitar. It's got personality to it now. As far as scratches go, well, let's just say I learned why not to play a guitar without a shirt when you've got a belt with a metal buckle on it.

[Lordathestrings]

... I learned why not to play a guitar without a shirt when you've got a belt with a metal buckle on it.Get into the habit of wearing your belt with the buckle offset towards your fretting hand. It takes some getting used to at first, but you will never again inflict buckle rash on another defenceless guitar.

[PRSplaya]

Buttons on a shirt can cause similar rash, just not quite as bad.

[bigbuda]

The first scratch I put on my Martin just about flipped me out. It was like watching a train wreck, I just couldn't stop staring. Then I went back to playing it 'cause it still sounded the same.

[aschleman]

Yeah, I was the same way about my first real Fender Strat... Then I dropped it on stage........... Since then its been lit on fire 3 times, throw across stages... into drum sets... slid across stages... I've "surfed" across stage on it... carved into it... drawn on it...nailed beer caps onto it... and treated her with a complete custom pickup assembly and electronics set-up... she's pretty much not even a strat anymore. haha. I love her all the same.

[RandyEllefson]

get some 1200 grit wet/dry paper and sand it down, then use rubbing compound and a buffer to get the shine back. It's easier than it sounds.