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The veneer would cost you quite a bit. I think that last post is pretty close to the price. If I did this job I'd charge at least $1000. The stripping is no big deal, and the sunburst would be mildly expensive, but the veneer would cost a lot. Adding veneer isn't hard at all if you make the guitar, but adding it to one that's already made would be quite a bit more difficult. If it already has a laminate top, then it'd be a lot easier to do, but since it's painted, I highly doubt that's the case.

This is my first post here. I left my shop for a couple days while working on the body of a guitar. I live in Denver, so the air is very dry and it got cold when I left, which means it got even dryer. When i came back to the shop I found a crack going right up the middle of the body between the pickup cavities. I made that part thin on purpose to resonate better. It worked great until this happened. There was a small chip on the top of the bridge cavity (it's in the picture) and that seemed to have been the trigger. The wood is jatoba, which is VERY hard and chips and splinters a lot. I wasn't expecting this crack though. To fix it, I'm going to lay in a stripe of ebony and black and white ebony, which will match the fretboard and fretboard binding. So, all isn't lost. I was working on a way to fix that chip and I guess this actually solves the problem. Anyone else have any issues like this? http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/8393/img0028an9.jpg http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/5767/img0029sj6.jpg <edit: images exceed maximum allowable size of 640 x 480. one pic per post please!>