Hey guys, so as some of you may know, I've been living in Canada for the past year or so. With that I only had the opportunity to take one of my guitars. The rest being stored at my parents house in the spare room.
The house is generally kept at a relatively decent temperature, its in Adelaide, Australia, not all that humid or anything like that.
My beloved PRS Hollowbody from the mid-late 90s was stored in its case along with a whole bunch of other guitars, as I am going through the guitars one by one setting them up, I noticed the PRS had quite a bit of discolouration in the finish.
The finish is a really thick gloss clear coat and it seems to have gone a tinge of white, its mainly on the inside of the horns and a little on the top side which is hardly noticeable.
I'm all for guitars starting to show their age, but this looks really trashy so I sent PRS an email in regards to the situation, unfortunately as soon as the guitar is exchanged hands on a private sale, the warranty is void, therefore it cannot be refinished under warranty and their quote for a sandback/refinish is $1200 + shipping (around 200 both ways). For which, I could almost buy a new one.
I do have some experience with woodwork and sanding by hand, I'm almost considering sanding it all back and finishing with an oil, tung or tru oil perhaps. But at the same time, maybe its not all that of a big deal and I'm over-reacting, and I could end up making it look even worse, thoughts?
The house is generally kept at a relatively decent temperature, its in Adelaide, Australia, not all that humid or anything like that.
My beloved PRS Hollowbody from the mid-late 90s was stored in its case along with a whole bunch of other guitars, as I am going through the guitars one by one setting them up, I noticed the PRS had quite a bit of discolouration in the finish.
The finish is a really thick gloss clear coat and it seems to have gone a tinge of white, its mainly on the inside of the horns and a little on the top side which is hardly noticeable.
I'm all for guitars starting to show their age, but this looks really trashy so I sent PRS an email in regards to the situation, unfortunately as soon as the guitar is exchanged hands on a private sale, the warranty is void, therefore it cannot be refinished under warranty and their quote for a sandback/refinish is $1200 + shipping (around 200 both ways). For which, I could almost buy a new one.
I do have some experience with woodwork and sanding by hand, I'm almost considering sanding it all back and finishing with an oil, tung or tru oil perhaps. But at the same time, maybe its not all that of a big deal and I'm over-reacting, and I could end up making it look even worse, thoughts?
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