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05-25-2019, 12:36 PM
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A frame guitar stand destroyed my guitar!
I kept it in mint condition until now. It's a seagull S6. I live in Israel and the selection of name brand products is limited. I couldn't find a name brand stand with a neck support, so I got a QuikLok A-frame stand. It left ugly gouges in my guitar. Pieces of plastic from the tip even broke off into my guitar!
What's everyone's opinion about scuffed up guitar? Does it affect the sound or value? It certainly aggravates me and make it look ugly. https://ibb.co/0n6mVbR https://ibb.co/ggCHs2k https://ibb.co/nMJcQBQ https://ibb.co/z5CFXDP 
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#3
05-25-2019, 12:50 PM
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Saying that it destroyed your guitar is an over reaction but I can understand your frustration. Those dings will affect you way more than it affects the guitar. No effect on sound and minimal effect of the value.
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05-25-2019, 12:57 PM
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Cedar tops are easily "dinged".. those do look like more than just dings but I guess the problem is the structure of the stand itself. I don't use these anymore (just put them back in the case) but when I did, I used to bang them on the stand's "horns" half the time setting them down
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#5
05-25-2019, 12:57 PM
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Could something else have caused that?
I can't imagine how soft rubber could make two gouges in the soundboard. The location of the damage may just coincidentally be near where the stand touches it. Last edited by Tico; 05-25-2019 at 01:06 PM.
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05-25-2019, 01:02 PM
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Sound, no...value, yes. Sorry to hear that...
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05-25-2019, 01:02 PM
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It looks like the protective foam pulled away from the metal end? It that what dented the guitar?
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#8
05-25-2019, 01:53 PM
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The plastic tips are made of really hard plastic. Sometimes just picking the guitar up it clangs into the tip and makes a loud sound. I didn't realize it actually did damage to the guitar! I'm gonna get some of the stands that have neck supports and don't have anywhere to bang off
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#9
05-25-2019, 02:08 PM
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Sorry about your discovery.
I have a similar stand, also without neck support, but in my stand there are no hard rubber parts touching the guitar. I keep my Seagull M6 Gloss (Sitka spruce top) on this stand for more than two years, it is on the stand permanently, all days, I even sold the hard case I used to keep Seagull in. No problem with the guitar.
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#11
05-25-2019, 03:13 PM
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Those dings are minor but when it's on my pristine guitar, it's painful. A luthier or person skilled in refinishing can make them almost completely disappear. I watched a video (maybe stewmac?) and what can be done with cyanoacrylate or super glue, is amazing. It takes skill, practice and the right supplies but it can be done. Not a do it yourself project. Ask me how I know.
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#12
05-25-2019, 03:35 PM
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Ramble, I’m sorry you had to learn the hard way how easily dented cedar tops are. But there was an element of “operator error” here, as well. The first time you heard that noise as you pulled the guitar out of the stand you should have asked yourself: “Wait - what just caused that sound?” and then figured it out so you would have known how to avoid it from then on.
There’s no point in beating yourself up over this now, and please don’t take my comments as criticism. But with something as fragile as an acoustic guitar you have to be aware of these factors, particularly when you’ve got a guitar with a cedar top. Anyway, from the photos the guitar doesn’t look destroyed, you’re getting a different stand and from now on you’re likely to be a lot more alert about this sort of hazard. Avoiding future mishaps is mainly about staying mindful. Hope this helps. Wade Hampton Miller
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05-25-2019, 03:38 PM
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Tube Sound, I don’t believe that this guitar is a good candidate for the procedure you’ve described. The dents are fairly deep and in an awkward spot. I doubt it would work on this instrument.
whm
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#14
05-25-2019, 05:26 PM
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One of two things look to be going on here either the tips have worked there way out of the end of the stand which I have had happen or they cut the foam WAY to short.
I would think about protecting that spot of raw wood maybe with a drop or two of C.A. glue ( crazy glue ) Locktite has a great CA glue. I never liked the foam padding on guitar stands so I opted to do this and it has worked great for many years  A hot glue gun and a old towel.
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#15
05-25-2019, 07:27 PM
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Quote:
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http://www.quiklok.com/catalog/?p=pr...2&sName=QL-632 I don't have a stand but I guess one should remove a guitar slowly and carefully upward.
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