Tim's Guitars
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- Nov 15, 2015
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To me it just looks like a bit of the lacquer came off due to some kind of accident, revealing the bare maple. Unfortunate, but hey, she's an old gal. Anyway, now I want to see the rest of this beauty! :hmm
Just a guess, but I'd bet there was a small Nick in the rim there, & instead of destroying the entire guitar they just filled it with some kind of putty.
Building an archtop like that is expensive & labor intensive. They'd probably rather salvage than scrap it.