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I have had my FN guitar for a coupe of weeks now, and been having an awesome time practicing on it.
Last night, in a moment of carelessness, I was quickly taking the guitar out of the case, and the bottom edge (at the 90 degree corner where the top and side connect) hit one of the metal latches which is rather sharp.
Now I have a nice 2mm scratch/chip there . I can live with the blemish, but I was thinking, how likely is it for this damage to propagate over time since the corners experience more structural stress than the rest of guitar body? It's not a deep at all...
also, is it something that a local shop could patch over a little?
RE: Guitar damage likely to propagate? (in reply to apak)
Maybe one of our luthiers can better answer your questions, but IMO a crack (not a chip) parallel to the wood grain is most likely to increase in length. One way of repairing a chip in wood is to add a little water to raise the level of the wood that's left. That might be an option. I wouldn't worry about this chip if it was my guitar.
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