Melted the top of my US JAZZ oops.

[stingrayPete1977]

I've already gauged a hole for a pp3 battery behind the pickguard as I've rammed a Bartolini stacked 2 eq circuit in there, I needed to alter a connection on the jack socket to stop it eating batteries (my fault too), awkward to get at without removing the lot again, I thought the solder smelt funny, it was the urethane finish melting, lol.

[stingrayPete1977]

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[stingrayPete1977]

Full of wires!
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Before the melting.

[Damonjames]

Oh dear lol. I've come close to doing stuff like that in the past, I normally scorch one of the other wires while I'm not paying attention!!
Sorry to see mate, must be annoying!

[yorks5stringer]

As its now a 'Deco', I'll take it off your hands for £50 and you can go out and buy something shiny and new...

Hope this sounds suitably sympathetic?

Edited July 11, 2016 by yorks5stringer

[3below]

Annoying I have done the same with my USA telecaster. I am much more careful when I solder now. Weirdly I recently dented the same Telecaster on the body 'shoulder' by the neckplate. How I did that I have no idea. Many years ago my daughter aged 2 or 3 managed to knock another USA guitar off a stand and consequently it has a great dent on the front where it impacted something. Red solid finish so the white undercoat shows through. Have subsequently sold daughter.

If you are brave.... you can fill and level these dents /marks with superglue, wet and dry etc. I have fixed natural maple neck chips / dings this way. I also sorted a dent in a sunburst finish by the same method. You can of course make it worse in the effort. YMMV.

Edited July 11, 2016 by 3below

[stingrayPete1977]

What an idiot eh? Poop, mojo now york5stringer so the value has gone up!

[stingrayPete1977]

I did think about flatting them off, might make things worse, the wood is really soft and the finish is very thin compared to poly, natural relic job I think will be best, I'm not planning on ever selling it so I don't suppose it matters much.

[AndrewJordan]

In thirty years time, someone (else) will regard that as mojo and pay a fotune for it!

[stingrayPete1977]

Here's hoping! Ha

Maybe it needs an elaborate tale, Jimi Hendrix did it with a spliff?

[dannybuoy]

You should be able to fix that with superglue and sandpaper!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTVScFJoe24

[KevB]

Pete, when you're famous and they do a signature model for you, folks will say 'exceptional detail, it even has the mickey mouse burn pattern on the body'.

[stingrayPete1977]

[stingrayPete1977]

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You should be able to fix that with superglue and sandpaper!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTVScFJoe24
[/quote]

I'll have a look at that later, ta

[ambient]

Soldering is a skill that I completely lack 😊.

[stingrayPete1977]

I'm normally a ninja with it!

[rogerstodge]

That's nuffin Pete, you should've seen my USA Jazz bass when I slipped with the router!!

[stingrayPete1977]

Feck! Did it end up with a musicman pickup?

[ambient]

I burned my finger and the carpet last time I tried 😂.

[stingrayPete1977]

At least it's not just me then