Anyone ever had an acoustic guitar refinished?

Kind of worried about cracking as I live in the Midwest where we run heaters half the year.

It's majorly flaking on the headstock and probably 25% of the top is down to raw wood.

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Kind of worried about cracking as I live in the Midwest where we run heaters half the year.

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Keep it in the case, in a closet, until you are going to play it.

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Trigger

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Trigger was a proper finished guitar that Willie played the piss out of. Maybe more than any other guitar.

The OP has had his for a couple years or so.

I’d be looking at a refinish too. Especially if I loved the guitar.

OP I’d bet you’re talking 100’s of dollars and 2-3 weeks to do it properly.

Pics of the problem areas

If you like the sound of the guitar as it sits, I would try my hardest to talk you out of a refin. Because any refin WILL change the sound of the guitar to a degree. It could be drastic, it could be subtle. As to if for the better or for worse, that's subjective. As to if you want to roll the dice, that's on you.

But if I was shopping a nitro refin on my fine acoustic with the intent of keeping the original tone as much as possible ... I'd start by calling Martin customer service and ask them who is their recommendation within their gold-level Martin repair/service/warranty network in your geographic region. Put in a call to Carter's in Nashville too, and ask them who they use when a high-dollar Martin needs a refin.