Cracked finish on fret ends- check it out

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Drkorey

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So does everyone see what I see in these photos? The guy I bought it from on ebay said he couldn't see evidence of finish/lacquer cracking in these photos, but agreed to take it back anyway. He then sent me an email and said he examined the guitar closely, even with a jeweler's loop and couldn't see any cracks or finish issues. :confused: There were 11 bad ends on the top side and 15 bad ends on the bottom. Some of the cracks I could feel with my hand while playing and he states he could not. Just wanted to post this and see if the cracks are as evident on the photos as they were to me.
 

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are you talking about the stuff that looks like there's a protective plastic pull-off sticker on there? Like the stuff you find on LCD screens right out of the box?
 
yup, definitely delam right there.
I agree, probably from a refret.
The guys is a douche for not mentioning the refret, and a bigger douche for carrying on ith the scam. How can you not see that shit?!
 
That's not necessarily a refret. Many guitars have this very issue with the factory frets. It's not uncommon, especially for guitars used or stored in climates where the humidity varies greatly from season to season.

If I was buying a guitar to PLAY (i.e. gig with), I could care less about a little bit of de-lamination on the fret ends. I'm going to abuse it a lot worse than that and, quite frankly, a few whiskeys into the night and there's no WAY I'm going to notice this when I'm playing. ;)

That being said, the seller should have disclosed it. :thumbsdown:
 
rlord got it right, odds are it's not a refret. Just looks like a typical case of a dried out fingerboard due to lack of humidity that causes the fingerboard to shrink but the frets being metal can't shrink with it so they poke out and sometimes lift up and in this case pop off some finish with them. Quite a normal thing with guitars owned by people that don't know guitars are very sensitive to humidity changes and leave them in garages, basements and cars in the winter when humidity is low. I couldn't even begin to count the amount of fret end dressings I've had to do for people in the winter months due to that on every brand of guitar you can name.
 
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