With this bother you on a custom guitar build?

[mystixboi1]

I got this awesome A6 on jan 19. Because I have 8 month old twins and a 3 year old I don't get to play that often. Anyway, I got to spend some time with my A6 today and I noticed this odd discoloration in the finish. The guitar has an ash top with antique treatment. Check out he pic below. It looks like there is a straight line that runs down the face of the guitar. Did the finish not take there?

Whenever I look at the guitar my eyes pick it up now. I can't not see it.

The guitar was only $1300 to build but that's a lot to me and I want my guitar to be "perfect". You know? I know that over time things will happen to the guitar but this was just a bummer to notice. Also, I know it's really small but it significant enough to me and I'm sure it would be to a lot of you

Check out the upper horn about an inch away from the fretboard.

 

[335clone]

might be a mineral streak

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

That would bother me as much as off center side dots.

 

[mystixboi1]

That would bother me as much as off center side dots.

You should try Keisel again. They really have up their game a lot

 

[Tiltsta]

Nah, it wouldn't bother me. I see lots of examples of that color in the other parts of the finish. Wood is strange, and you get odd bits to the finish that add character. If the guitar is good, enjoy it.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

It's the same colour as the jagged line of grain making its way back toward the neck.

I'd say it's the wood. It's natural.
I'd leave it.....or put stickerz over it. :P

 

[bsman]

I agree that it might be an artifact of the wood rather than the finish, but it's hard to tell from a photo.

 

[jp_nyc]

Wood is just like that. IMHO if you order a transparent finish without a dark stain you have to accept weird blemishes.

 

[Virtual Pariah]

To me? No.
But I could see how some people would be bothered by that.

Wood has strange variations.

 

[mystixboi1]

Thanks everyone. I appreciate your input.

Im over it.

 

[Chad]

Looks like wood to me.

 

[smurfco]

Looks like a rock hard dong. If you're cool with having a big old rock hard cock on your guitar then I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[baimun]

I know what you're saying.. I have a strat where the glue joint is a visible line in the finish. Bugs me but there are more important things to worry about... Make music and don't let it worry you.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

You should try Keisel again. They really have up their game a lot

None of their current models interest me.

 

[Knox in Box]

Im over it.

I call:

Flipped in 3 weeks as of this date.

 

[Bob411]

I don't think the guitar would be as beautiful without it. More pics please!

 

[Lerxst]

With a different finish where uniformity was paramount, that could be a problem. But with the antiqued/distressed looking finish you have there, I don't think it's a big deal.

 

[mystixboi1]

I don't think the guitar would be as beautiful without it. More pics please!

 

[linthat22]

What's an A6? Can you give the maker, because that guitar looks gorgeous!!

 

[Gary Blanchard]

I am reminded of the concept of wabi sabi:

"Pared down to its barest essence, wabi-sabi is the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection and profundity in nature, of accepting the natural cycle of growth, decay, and death. It's simple, slow, and uncluttered-and it reveres authenticity above all."

That guitar is a perfect example of the concept, and I would embrace the imperfection of nature.