keithmantle wrote:Thanks Jim and Lionel, Have sent Manchester a email, the area is only 3/8" SQ that needs painting and its on the back of guitar
Hi Malcolm...
If the ding is on the back of the guitar, why worry? I own many guitars that I've had from new (or from new condition) and because I use them in a professional capacity, none of them are pristine anymore. That includes my £4,000 Yuiry Shishkov Masterbuild. I've heard from a good source that Hank's guitars are pretty beaten up due to the heavy belt buckles he wears. If you're going to play a guitar rather than just look at it, you must accept that eventually it is going to end up looking like a used guitar.
I know some people can be very protective of their guitars - I know that you personally take good care of your instruments - but matching the colour will be nigh-on impossible. It has been proven that no two batches of paint are the same colour, and even if you do identify the type of paint originally used on your guitar, you can never be sure that it will match the existing colour.
Sorry to be the fly in the ointment in your quest, but I think it best that a musician enjoys getting to know their instrument, rather than being scared of it aging slightly, especially if you bought it to use it.
Cheers...
J