Blue Girl Blues
Posted on 23. Feb, 2010 by Drew in Journal
The Blue Girl adventure continues. As posted on TDPRI earlier today:
So I contacted the Guitar Shoppe and sent them photos. They’ve told me they can’t fix it, due to the polyurethane finish; the best they can do is seal it and prevent further damage.
They said that the only real “repair” option would be to strip the body and repaint it. Otherwise, I could do some kind of patch, but — to quote Bonasera — “Now she will never be beautiful.”
They recommended I go to a guy up the road a ways (a guy named Bernie Hefner) who does this kind of work. I’ve read good and bad about his work, though. I’m kind of dubious.
Anyway, does anyone have any advice about doing a repair? The wood’s fine. It’s just the paint that has cracked (all the way to the wood).
Advice is appreciated. I fear, however, that I am hosed.
I left a message with Hefner. We’ll see how it goes from here…
