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Post by earleg on Jun 6, 2013 18:02:15 GMT -5
Just a heads up reminder if you are playing outdoors and need repellent ....
Don't put any on Deet on your hands or arm areas that will touch an instrument finish as it will reek havoc on it. Same goes for any touching of plastic, rubber, varnish, laquer and so on. Best to use a non-Deet product. I've seen the results of various contact over the years and not a pretty site.
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Post by dadfad on Jun 7, 2013 9:26:41 GMT -5
Very true. Maybe thirty years ago I'd rented a beach-house for a month in Florida on a gulf-side key. The no-seeums were abolutely terrible in the early evening so I used quite a bit of repellent (with DEET) as I'd sit and play on the veranda around sunset. Within two days it had absolutely ruined the finish on the neck and upper rear bout (where your arm rests) on a '71 Guild D-40. (My favorite non-blues dropped-D acoustic guitar! LOL) While a pretty nice guitar, at least it wasn't a really old vintage instrument whose value would have decreased dramatically when I later refinished the neck and marred bout. (B/t/w... For those not familiar with them, no-seeums are tiny ittle gnat-like insects that makes mosquito-bites seem a pleasure in comparison. Their bites will make you claw your skin until it bleeds. They're so tiny they can fit through most door and window screens and are even hard to see (hence the name no-seeums!). I'm sure they might be in other areas too, but the only place I've ever found them was on the Florida gulf coastal keys.) Anyway, DEET and guitars are definitely not a good combination! Good post, Earleg.
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Post by Admin on Jun 7, 2013 9:54:08 GMT -5
. Within two days it had absolutely ruined the finish on the neck and upper rear bout (where your arm rests) on a '71 Guild D-40. (My favorite non-blues dropped-D acoustic guitar! LOL) Good post, Earleg. NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not a Guild.
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Post by dadfad on Jun 7, 2013 12:39:38 GMT -5
. Within two days it had absolutely ruined the finish on the neck and upper rear bout (where your arm rests) on a '71 Guild D-40. (My favorite non-blues dropped-D acoustic guitar! LOL) Good post, Earleg. NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not a Guild. Yes, and one of their classics too! Of course, generally speaking I'm a Gibson-guy, but for (non-blues) dropped-D that Guild has such a sweet tone with strong bass to treble separation, all three octave D's just ring out clearly. And it plays like butter. I was lucky the repair turned out pretty good. You'd never even notice it now. (The last time I was in Florida I used a couple of those (over-priced!) OFF electric repellent-dispersing gadgets, which worked okay.)
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Post by muddylives on Jun 8, 2013 4:34:06 GMT -5
Given that I am living in a place where every 4th mosquito can give you malaria, and non-DeeT repellants don't really work well, my Strat is going to just have to suffer.
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