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Re-finishing guitar neck

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  • 21-09-2006 10:19pm
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    jamieh
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    Hey all,

    I bought a new Martin D41 in the states last month.

    Over the last 2 weeks air bubbles have started to form along the neck.

    I rang Martin and they said that the finish needs to be re-done on the neck.

    You'd think that a new guitar worth €4000 wouldn't suffer from this kind of sh1t.

    Anyway....is there anywhere in Dublin (or Ireland) I could go to get this done, instead of shipping it back to the states, going through the whole customs routine etc etc etc


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    feylya
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    And why aren't Martin covering this under their warrantee?


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    jamieh
    Registered Users Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭jamieh


    They said they will do it....but I'd have to send it back to them in the states (because I bought it there), it would take weeks, i'd be afraid of the guitar getting damaged in transit and the guitar would have to go through customs (which I might end up having to pay €700 to get it through customs!)


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    Doctor J
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    If it's going through customs for repair it won't get taxed. You would need a letter confirming as much from Martin though.


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    Johnny Storm
    Registered Users Posts: 3,984 ✭✭✭Johnny Storm


    This cant be a unique situation for Martin. Are they going to pay for it to be shipped to/from them or to an authorised Martin repair centre in Europe? If not then their warranty is worthless ****, if so then you could put it to them that it would probably be cheaper for them if you got it fixed locally.
    Anyway, Derrick Nelson 4942741 is probably the guy you want working on a top end yoke like that.

    PS I'm sure there is a way to send it to the US for repair without paying Customs but it would probably be a PIA. EDIT: What Dr J said.


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