Some things just don't change...

Some might remember how my sweat ruined my Epiphones in no time, and how the contact of my skin did a number on my SGJ...
 

 
Well...
 
You may also remember that 4 months ago, I finally got my Gibson Les Paul (Studio). 
 
Shortly after however, I was recruited for the big Judas Priest Classic Album Night and had to switch back to the SG. Right after which I was recruited for another project which required me to switch bass, so I didn't really have much time to play the Les Paul at all.
 
A couple of weeks ago, I finally had the opportunity to get back to it, and that's when I noticed that, as little as I seem to have played it, I have managed to damage the finish... It's actually hard to capture with the iPhone camera, but every area which is in constant contact with my skin seems to have been discoloured, such as on the edge where my picking hand forearm rests when I'm playing...
 

 
The odd thing is that I have a white Epiphone Les Paul Jr which I've played a lot more than that and the finish is intact.
 
Kinda weird, uh?

Acid Rain? 

Acid sweat. Well, you are an alien after all.

Purple Rain?

batsbrew
nitro wont do.
 
poly seems to be key.....
 
my carvin has 7 coats of clear poly over koa....
 
i bet that would work for you.
 

Yeah, but should he put it on the guitar or his hands??? 

You've got the answer. Thin nitro vs thick poly. I tried some industrial paint stripper on a Fender bass once. It sat on the finish for 3 hrs. and didn't touch it. The same stuff takes lacquer off in 20 minutes.

Rain Relic Guitars
100% no fake, environmentally friendly and natural, really manually reliced relic guitars
Personally played by the relic master himself.
 
I wish I could afford one.......

Hi,
 
The worst I ever saw was Mike Howlett's modified small scale bass guitar ... a modified one that had both types of pick ups like the Special version of the Fender has ... and the top, that little wood bridge that guides the strings, was loose and falling off every hour on the hour! 
 
When they got it glued and he warmed up on sound check, he goes ... is it too bass'y? I said not in rock'n'roll! It must be right, then, he said! It was! I have that show on tape from the master board man himself, who went on to play the bass in University of Errors. Both him and Pierre Moerlin were on steroids on both of those nights in Portland and Eugene!
 
And the darn little piece was loose again at the end of the show. The image is just below the Daevid Allen pics on 
 
http://pedrosena.com/photos.htm.
 
Thx

kennywtelejazz
 
Say, with all the animals and critters you have at home , I'm surprised your guitars don't have teeth and claw marks on them ….

The studio is the only cat/animal-free room in the house. Though I do make exceptions for my baby girl Mongoline aka Googlie every now and then. But then, as you see...
 

Then come and get my cat Minion (the demonic type, not the yellow cute one) because he is a pain in the ass with his interaction. He likes to jump up on my shoulder like a parrot. He likes play fetch for an hour at a stretch, and he will howl if I go to bed before he's ready to quit for the day. I call him my Cog because I think he was a dog in a past life.
 
Oh ya, he likes to jump on the keyboard if I spend to much time on the forums.

michaelhanson
I like that hog on the right. 😄

Thanks 
 
Kenny