That is doubly true with stuff that can hurt you. But even with something like guitars, there is a degree to which it can take for ever to rise above your worst work, so you never let it out there. People have had bridges come off because they used a weird glue, not even an error in craftsmanship in the conventional sense, and getting all the stuff back is one thing, but getting your reputation back is another. One will be dead and gone, with the only five guitars with the bad bridge glue all fixed, and collectors will still be talking about the guy whose bridges sometimes come off.