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Hey, I've just had a go at repairing a cracked Epiphone Hummingbird and it all went well except burning through the colour of the finish when sanding it up to a gloss. Any ideas for patching this up?

Would I be right in guessing this guard is an aftermarket job? It seems to have a stiff clear acrylic underlay (for want of a better word) - the guard itself is very flimsy and just doesn't look right? I don't have a lot of experience with this so would appreciate those with more commenting... cheers, Steve.

A customer brought me a new Hummingbird with fret buzz a few weeks ago. After performing what may be the best levelling job I've ever done, the buzz was reduced, but still noticeable, though it sounded different than normal fret buzz. When I noticed that the sound was worst when playing F2 (on the A string or D string), I did a frequency analysis and discovered that the main top resonance was at 163.9 hz, and it all made sense. Those…

This is what happened when this guitar fell off a wall hook, and the head stock of the guitar hanging below it punched out a new sound hole. I don't consider the result a success. In fact I'm embarrassed that I wound up with an outline around the repair the screams "Here I am!". I've decided that instead of letting it be just a cringe worthy experience, I should have the humility to ask my peers for advice on how I could have done a bet…