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I presume you've all seen the episode of Father Ted where Dougal gets a scratch on the car and proceeds to "fix" it...
So I drilled my string thru for the bridge but stupidly drilled the string holes first and then when I drilled the ferrule holes the bit bit and made an awful mess...
"No problem", or so I thought, so I chiselled out a rout and made a block of mahogany to replace. "Good" I convinced myself, at least this way it'll be stronger than the miserable poplar so it's a bit of a win...
Glued it all up nicely and pressed in the block whenceforth the CA glue sploshes out onto the paint and the body proceeds to crack as evidenced in the photo below (the crack is running along from pickup ring to the two new bridge holes and down, the other scratches were my exasperated carelessness) 😐
Cue me driving home from the office in a tempest of rage and disappoint and ordering a black nitro respray kit from Rothko and Frost.
Now however, in the cold light of day, I'm wondering if it might not be salvageable with some black nail polish touch up around the mahogany block, leave the block as is and give the rest a good polish to fix those scratches/ blobs from the glue? I'd happily keep the black nitro to refinish my Jazz bass anyway...
Thoughts? Opinions? Sympathies?