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View Poll Results: For a finish issue, do you get it fixed or leave it? | |||
Yes, get it fixed. | 14 | 25.93% | |
No, don't get it fixed. | 22 | 40.74% | |
As always, it depends. | 18 | 33.33% | |
Voters: 54. You may not vote on this poll |
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Originally Posted by 0x00feef00 View Post I almost think this is worth a warranty claim with Taylor since I'm the original owner. Give them a call or send them that photo and see what they say. If it was mine, I'd look in to fixing it.” IMO this is almost always a cosmetic issue only and does NOT affect the playability or indicate mistreatment. And Yes! All the above posts are correct. It is much more difficult to repair the UV. cured poly, but it can be done. I would sent it to Taylor Repair and have them do a refresh. It will have the correct neck geometry and a fret dress and anything else needed… Obviously check in first with the mothership. Have them put you through to Repair in El Cajon. Don’t bother talking much first to the phone drones…. Haha It should be primo when you get it back Paul
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I have a Taylor 512e 12 Fret All Mahogany that had the finish bubbling up in several places. Taylor refinised the entire guitar, it took about 2 months.
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I went ahead and reached out to Taylor support to see if a warranty repair is an option. It's funny, since I know a 1999 Taylor probably isn't in danger of being a desirable vintage guitar anytime soon, but I feel like 10, 20, 30 years from now it would be "don't do anything to make it non-original!". |
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If it was nitro it would MUCH more simple Cheaper to send it to Taylor and they can fix anything it needs. Cheers Paul
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Guys that do repairs like this know that a small repair can turn into a large pain.
If it's not structural and a result of the finish aging, ain't no thing. |
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Somebody, sometime, got some thing into the neck/body joint. And Taylors have unique construction. That neck is sitting inside a cutout in the guitar sides (thanks to precise CNC techniques) and I think some liquid of some sort got pushed into that joint and the bare wood of the cutout edges drank in some of that liquid. As others have suggested, I agree a trip to the mother ship for a refresh would be best for the instrument.
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I agree with the folks that say have Taylor fix it.
Data point: The sides and back on my 114 got sticky. Taylor refinished the sides and back and left the top and neck alone. They quoted 6 weeks. It took about 4 weeks and it looks perfect. They also said they checked the neck angle. I paid shipping only. Good luck. Cheers, _RP |
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That almost looks like an adhesion issue with the whole layer of finish along the edge of the neck joint. I wonder if removing the bolt-on neck and wicking something underneath the loose finish from the edge might be a workable approach. I've seen people glue down loose flakes of poly finishes with a similar approach, either a thinned glue CA or suitable solvent for the finish. But yes, if it's possible to have Taylor look at it that would be best, they'll know the behaviour of their own finish which is different from the nitro that many guitar repair guys know about working with.
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This looks like a very similar repair situation by James Hood Guitar. The neck is removed for access to wick thin CA glue under the finish bubbles. There is no more information whether leveling or polishing is required.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYfHPJEGAeY
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If Taylor will fix it for free then that's a no brainer, as long as you can be without it for the time required.
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I can't see fixing a finish issue. My guitars have plenty even the fairly new ones. If the finish got sticky on a guitar I'd sand off the sticky part and seal the wood with linseed oil or varnish. I don't care about resale value, that'll be somebody else's problem not mine.
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I answered fix it, because I would, but there's a proviso, "'90s" could be nitrocellulose, or UV cured polyester.. it looks more like poly to me?
I'd make a sanding block for the purpose, and not aim for an invisible fix. |
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I'd leave it and play it.
I like mine original. |
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There is a reason you have a warranty. I would take advantage of that and have them look the whole thing over when there. You will be getting a brand new 20 year old guitar back. That is cool to me.
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