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This is my newest guitar. The price was reasonable for an extremely sweet sounding guitar, In the close up you will see why the price was so reasonable. The guitar was the property of a "western" entertainer. He used a pick. After extensive surface damage a pick guard was added. Part of the visible damage is my fault. I removed the pick guard with an 0.010 steel wire and a little heat. The finish came up with the adhesive.
There is an area that is about 0.020 to 0.025 deep. This is the original pick damage. Can that be filled? The top, at the sound hole is 0.120 to 0.140 thick. This leads me to think I could level out the bottom of the damage with a chisel, taper the ends and side and fit an insert. Any opinions?
I realize I could just seal it with shellac as it will not be sold.

I did a similar fix on a Yamaki F-150 recently. Shellac / tint to match the finish then filled/levelled with Gluboost. I
Are you reinstalling a pickguard, or leaving it bare?

.020" is a pretty wispy insert / patch.

I will for go the pick guard, I am (or rather try to be) a classical player

opps, double post

warren47 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 24, 2025 9:58 am opps, double post

Not your fault, our forum software often gives a weird error making you think it didn't work. But it did. I can't seem to get the bottom of that and am planning a version upgrade.

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