But if the client notices it, he or she will likely not be happy at it especially if it is a very expensive custom order and part of the selling point of the luthier is high levels of fit and finish...
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Originally Posted by redir
Nice story Chris 
I agree with you but... What if I got into drilling the holes for the dot inlays and backed up a second and dope slapped myself because I was off center by 2mm. So then I filled it in and redrilled it perfectly and no one ever knew the difference?
You might be surprised how often things like that happens. I don't disclose to clients that I chipped out the rosewood binding and inlayed a piece in to fix it, for example. This kind of thing happens all the time.
In the case of the OP's guitar it can be fixed flawlessly, and in fact this kind of thing happens all the time without anyone knowing. Alohachris's example was quite extreme and that would never be fixable. |