JPP-1
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I can be pretty hamfisted at times. Tried to glue some lose binding on my HD28V and boy what a disaster that was. I think Stewmac should put idiot warning stickers on their products that can be so easily misused by would-be luthiers. Lol.
Now magnet swaps, never had issue. I must've swapped the magnets out of my TH59 a dozen times. Maybe I was lucky or hardware is more my thing and I should just stay away from liquidy substances that can adversely affect a guitars finish. Bottom line, if you are going to work on your guitar or amp, mistakes are the price of the education. If you learn from your mistakes as the OP did, the cost will certainly be less than running to your tech for everything. The exception to that might be magnet swaps and vintage PAFs or getting glue anywhere near a really nice acoustic guitar.
Tonally, I find magnet swaps the least expensive ways to adjust your tone at a primary level. I hope for the OP the effort was worth it.
Now magnet swaps, never had issue. I must've swapped the magnets out of my TH59 a dozen times. Maybe I was lucky or hardware is more my thing and I should just stay away from liquidy substances that can adversely affect a guitars finish. Bottom line, if you are going to work on your guitar or amp, mistakes are the price of the education. If you learn from your mistakes as the OP did, the cost will certainly be less than running to your tech for everything. The exception to that might be magnet swaps and vintage PAFs or getting glue anywhere near a really nice acoustic guitar.
Tonally, I find magnet swaps the least expensive ways to adjust your tone at a primary level. I hope for the OP the effort was worth it.