Got my first dent on my Fender Tele..

CornFlakes · 2011-01-03T12:13:46+00:00

Hi, My maid or someone bumped my guitar or something cause yesterday when i picked it up i noticed this ugly dent. NOT COOL! Anyway what i wanted to know i...

Got my first dent on my Fender Tele..

BMU

Sheez I was gonna say 'congratulations!' until I realized this was viewed as a bad thing. ?

PeteM

BMU wrote: Sheez I was gonna say 'congratulations!' until I realized this was viewed as a bad thing. ?

:roflmao:

Sean

There is also the risk that you have the thing resprayed and 2 weeks later you come across another little dent ?

Sean

BTW welcome back ?

Bob-Dubery

The dent is not a problem in itself. The consequences are no more than cosmetic. I'm not recommending hurling your guitar or anything, but the main thing should be that the guitar plays well and sounds good - IE be in good working order.

However the dent is also a warning. It could have been worse. The neck could have taken a knock or a string been damaged. You need to take more attention to storage. Use a hard case. If you want your guitar on display then make sure it's up somewhere away from kids, dogs, vacuum cleaners, clumsy people etc. The hard case seems a better bet to me, and one shouldn't complain if the case shows wear and tear - that means it's doing it's job.

CornFlakes

BMU wrote: Sheez I was gonna say 'congratulations!' until I realized this was viewed as a bad thing. ?

Brilliant!

Reinhard

Like cat stevens said, the first ding is the deepest. As soon as you really start playing a guitar, going to band practices or playing a gig, the battle scars start adding up. It is never intentional, but happens anyway. Some people pay big money for that kinda mojo!

CornFlakes

Sean wrote:
BTW welcome back ?

Thanks bro, i was MIA for a while. But I'm back now and have so much "catch-up" to do.. ?

guidothepimmp

hehe.. depends on the guit to me.

i have some that are just so darn purty that i have a hernia when they get scarred.. then i have workers who the more scarred the better..

strange i know.. but i dont even bother fighting it anymore

BMU

guidothepimmp wrote: hehe.. depends on the guit to me.

i have some that are just so darn purty that i have a hernia when they get scarred.. then i have workers who the more scarred the better..

strange i know.. but i dont even bother fighting it anymore

For sure. One of my guitars I beat up on purpose. Another one, if it ever got a scratch I'd poke my eyes out. (Ok maybe not really since it' bound to get a scratch at SOME stage.)

But there's something about a roadworn tele that's just very cool. Blame the Crossroads movie I suppose.

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My main guitar is a 1972 Strat that I've had for 16 years. It had been abused some by the time I bought it, but I've not put a single scratch on it in the time I've had it (the same goes for another Strat I've had for a year and a half). I don't know; I just don't seem to damage them, and they've seen plenty of action, gone around the world with me... I don't think I'd be bitter if they got some more dents - both my Strats had previous owners - but if a ding was the first and only and I thought I'd want to resell the guitar later on, I might get it fixed (I think Gearhead made a good point).