My repaired Larrivee guitar

[rmp]

Originally Posted by webdesigner

An update. Today I brought the repaired guitar to be looked at a local guitar shop that Larivee suggested I go to.

The two guys both looked at the repair and said that's all about you can do, unless I want to pay $300 to $400 for repair. It's going to be very very difficult to match the grain of the wood. And no one will see the repair now anyway, since it's where I sit the guitar on my lap while playing.

The finish is smooth. The photo does not show that. But it is smooth.

So, it's either take my chances and pay another $400 or leave it be.

I'm in the "leave it be" camp

who's to say, after you go thru this expense that something else doesn't happen?

I say this from experience. I had my taylor Grand Symphony sent back for a top repair when an sm58 hit it one night. It was nasty but they did a great job with the cosmetic and structural repair

with shipping there and back + the repair was about $370 round trip.
I felt it was worth it, so I was happy as a clam.


a few weeks after I got it back, a 1/4 cable tip "tapped" the top under the sound hole it's a cedar top and very soft wood. Yep it left a nice little "ding". (ARG!)

nothing can be done with this kind of stuff, it just happens

[martingitdave]

I would leave it. If it’s stable and the finish is smooth, you’re good to go, but for the cosmetics.