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Hi there,

New to the repair world ... looking for advice on basic "setup" and finishing older guitars.  I have a couple of older Yamaha guitars I am practicing on.  I would like to bring them back and give them a basic repair.  Question ... if you fill in a small crack or ding with super glue - scrape it down with razor blade and taped sides - sand with micro mesh - What or how to I finish it to match the old lacquer or poly so the repair looks good?  Thanks!

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Hi Terry. If have not discovered it on your own; Frank's a highly enjoyable sort of forum prerequisite articles.

http://frets.com/FretsPages/pagelist.html#Luthier

thanks ... i will check out - looks like a ton of info

Might not be a popular response, but if it ain't broke don't fix it. 11 times out of 10, a drop fill or repair to a cosmetic issue turns out being more obvious than just leaving it alone and loved. I've been doing repairs since around 1978 or 79. I find its best to fix the structural and performance issues and just leave the others alone.

To me, the job of a good luthier is to leave as little "tell-tale" sign that I was there as possible while making the guitar usable again. It's not to hide or camouflage the amount of use or love it has seen.

good point ... thanks for your response.

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