OUCH!

[BGood]

My SE ZM slipped from my hand, head first on the concrete floor. Not being a Gibson, only the tip of the top headstock horn got bruised. Haven't addressed it yet, it's not a big booboo. It then bounced twice on both sides of the back of the body before I could catch it. That is where the most damage happened.

There wasn't any big chunk of wood I could glue back on, pretty much splinters. I decided to fill the booboos with clear epoxy. Since my epoxy is about 20 years old, the hardener is a deep amber, perfect to match the guitar tint.

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This is the upper booboo.

Sanded with water sandpaper, grit 320 to shape it, then grit 2000 and polishing compound for a shine.

The lower booboo was much smaller and less visible, near the control cavity. Same process.

Here's a photo of the patient riding in the ambulance.

 

[DISTORT6]

So, just the tip?
Great repair work.

 

[bodia]

Ouch is right. Nice job on the repair.

 

[BGood]

Forgot to show the pre-repair big booboo.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Way to become an owner!

Sorry that this happened. Good repair.

 

[veinbuster]

Nicely done on the repair.

 

[gush]

That sucks big giant ones......great repair job though.

 

[Russ73]

Unbelievable repair work OP...nicely done!!

 

[Torvald]

I hate it when that happens! Nice repair job.

 

[MarcWink]

Great work on that repair! Sorry you had to do this though.

 

[BGood]

Caca happens ...

 

[show_a_little_faith]

Very nice work on the repairs!

 

[direwolf08]

Really great job on that fix, I am bookmarking this thread for when (if?) this ever happens to me. The SE ZM is a really nice guitar.

 

[rcsrich]

All things considered, not the worst outcome. Great repair work!

 

[dmatthews]

Bummer, but nice save!

 

[nac]

Great save! Well done.

 

[haffner1]

Great job! Suck that it had to happen of course.

 

[BGood]

Great job! Suck that it had to happen of course.

It now has more Mojo, clear Mojo.

 

[henryjurstin13]

Good job!!! The booboo marks don't really bother me too much. It's just mojo, and PROOF that it's yours!

 

[JasonE]

Sorry to see that you had this issue in the first place...however, that repair looks pretty darn good.