I let my friend use my guitar at a gig I came to support her at for a few songs, when I got home my jaw dropped when I saw this. She must have been wearing a sharp belt or something. I did notice the guitar kept slipping as the strap was too long for her, didn’t think anything of it at the time.
Thankfully I quite like natural wear and tear (although that much damage in less than two hours took a bit of getting used to), if you gig with it especially in pubs it’s pretty inevitable. I accidentally bashed the side on a table tonight, no biggie.
The artificially worn ones are daft though. They usually go way over the top. The Martin Streetmaster version of my guitar looks ridiculous, nothing looks that worn even well played 1930s 17 series.