helliott
February 16th, 2007, 03:20 PM
Reading marnold's post about finding a wonky pickup in his Tele brought to mind a problem I've been wrestling with. Advice welcome.
My son's turning into a pretty good player, morphing from basketball to music. He wanted a good guitar for a combined birthday Christmas gift, and I found one in a local store. This used PRS CE22 was pretty weathered, but played like a dream and came for a very appealing price.
When I gave it a thorough lookover I found out why. The guy who used to own it put whiteout on every single fret dot on the top of the neck. There's evidence people tried to take it off, but whiteout blends right into the finish, and the finish comes up when you try to scrape it off.
I asked a guitar staffer about history, and he said the guy claimed he was having trouble seeing the fret dots in darkened clubs, so the whiteout was added as a visual aid.
I'm not making this up. When I get a camera running I'll post a photo at some point soon.
Anyway, when I showed it to my son and he played it, he fell in love, warts, whiteout and all, and it's now his prize.
Anyone ever heard about anything like this, or potential solutions?
My son's turning into a pretty good player, morphing from basketball to music. He wanted a good guitar for a combined birthday Christmas gift, and I found one in a local store. This used PRS CE22 was pretty weathered, but played like a dream and came for a very appealing price.
When I gave it a thorough lookover I found out why. The guy who used to own it put whiteout on every single fret dot on the top of the neck. There's evidence people tried to take it off, but whiteout blends right into the finish, and the finish comes up when you try to scrape it off.
I asked a guitar staffer about history, and he said the guy claimed he was having trouble seeing the fret dots in darkened clubs, so the whiteout was added as a visual aid.
I'm not making this up. When I get a camera running I'll post a photo at some point soon.
Anyway, when I showed it to my son and he played it, he fell in love, warts, whiteout and all, and it's now his prize.
Anyone ever heard about anything like this, or potential solutions?