dents

  1. M

    dents and scratches in wood from fingernail (ripping)

    Hi, I recently purchased a corvette $$ in nirvana black. A week ago I noticed that where my pointer finger rips the G string, white marks have appeared in the wood. They appear to be little dents or scratches in the wood where my fingernail is making contact with it. There is also 1 or 2 similar...
  2. The Kool-Aid Kid

    Dents in my bass - Sigh

    I dropped my F****r Jazz off at GC to get the nut replaced, since it cracked in half on me. They apparently "lost" my gig bag, and while they ultimately gave me a new one, they shipped it to the guy to repair the nut without being in any kind of case. I got it home and was scrubbing all the...
  3. S

    Steaming out dents

    My dolphin had a few dents and a particularly nasty one near the bridge, using a soldering iron seamed a little scary so i used a little steam gun which i brought from ALDI for the grand sum of £14 works a treat! small dents take a few seconds the big one took about 3 applications of around...
  4. P

    Dings, dents, soldering irons etc.

    Hi guys, My recently acquired SS1 has a couple of dings I'd like to have a go at removing. I've read through various posts about how to use damp cloths and soldering irons but I'm still a little worried about doing it. Has anyone got any photos of them tackling this problem? I.e. before...
  5. E

    ironing dents

    whenever I tried to take out dents with the ironing technique I ended up with burn mark on the wood and no results at all :-/ I also found out that moistend cloth would burn unless its 100% cotton. I use an electric solder (the ussual kind - used for soldering electronic components on...
  6. C

    scratches, dings, dents and gouges...

    Just wondering how many people here are one of those people that the second you see a scratch, etc you get out the steel wool and wax and go about getting rid of it? I was playing bass yesterday and layed it down for a second, just to notice I layed it down on another bridge I had laying...
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