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Kiwiaxe wrote:Check with your insurance company?

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..

StratMatt wrote:

Kiwiaxe wrote:Check with your insurance company?

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..

Don't say you were being paid to play.

Molly wrote:

StratMatt wrote:

Kiwiaxe wrote:Check with your insurance company?

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..

Don't say you were being paid to play.

It's never even left the house

StratMatt wrote:

Kiwiaxe wrote:Check with your insurance company?

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..

So that's who my heavy old metal guitar stand ended up with...

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.

jeremyb wrote:Some wood filler and careful spraying of black paint and you might be able to hide it fairly well

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 OTT

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.

Yep, judging by the guys quote, insurance jobs get charged up pretty hard.

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!

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.

StratMatt wrote:I'm pretty sure this guitar is gonna be a long term keeper; it has a really good feel about it.

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.