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I was playing my 330/6 Fireglow yesterday. I use to take ultra-good care of my guitars, but yesterday I accidentally hit the headstock of the 330/6 against a wall. It wasn´t a 'Pete Townshend' hit, it was just that the headstock came in contact with the wall, very softly. There is a very, very minor mark on the headstock, but I would like to repair it at home, if it is possible. Is there something I could use, like a varnish of something like this, just to cover the mark?

Miguel: Repairs such as this are difficult to accomplish unless you are very familiar with finishing. The average home repair is likely to draw more attention to the problem than if you left it alone. Sooner or later, if you play your guitars, the blemishes will come.

My two cents is, leave it alone and enjoy playing your Rickenbacker. It now becomes an additional distinguishing characteristic of your Model 330. As we continue to learn each day, life is short, play on!

Good, good, terribly good answer, Peter! You are 100% right. I´m afraid I´m one of those guys who care too much about this little things, like guitar blemishes. Your answer is much better than any finish repair. Thank you!

Oh Ric bass of mine. How do I love you? Let me count the dings.

Certain colors like black can be fixed with a marker ... but fireglo ...

I´ll follow Peter´s advice, and will do like Ronn from now on: count the dings! Thanks to Jeff, too.

Yeah magic markers do the trick sometimes, for some reason they're not as glossy as the original though. Dings add charactor to your guitars and basses. They sound better after a few dings too, I think the molecules rearrange and they become denser or something.

I hope Miguel isn't going to 'ding' his guitar on purpose just to show how much he loves it.

That first ding always hurts doesn't it?
The second adds character, and by the x-th it's YOUR instrument

whoa thats nothing! my 4003 its like 14 years old and i got it with a headstock ding etc, but last week it fell over in the rehearsal room and the neck hit the foot of a cymbal stand!

I now have a feelable "dent" (very small) on the back of the neck at about the 5th fret, and a small chip right to the wood on the edge binding down by the 12th. Man i was ANGRY at myself!

But now i dont even notice/care , big deal still the best bass in the world to me.

...and then there's the lucky RIC bass owner who shoved his headstock into a moving ceiling fan ...

After reading all this, I think I´ll start to use my 330/6 to play cricket!

I have hit so many low ceilings with basses it's ridiculous. I like that ceiling fan one, I think I even did that once.
Owen one of my basses fell right off the stage a few months ago, the drummer was tesing his bass drum and the whole rickity stage shook so much, boom! Was I PO'd

Miguel :"After reading all this, I think I´ll start to use my 330/6 to play cricket!"


See what you guys did!

I find it refreshing to hear folks not stressing over
dings. I've always thought that guitars are meant to be played and dings etc. are all part of the character of the guitar.

I once jammed with a fellow who had very expensive
archtop electric jazz guitar who was so worried about the guitar that he could really free himself
to _play_