West R Lee
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I've posted this in Ebay/Craigslist/Gbase in a thread about a Peregrine, but thought it was useful for everyone, so I thought I'd stick it here.
The Peregrinefeatured in the thread is a beautiful one, a bit overpriced, but very pretty and unique. In that listing, the seller shows a picture of a rather large blemish on the back, but states he thinks it will "it will PROBABLY buff out". I don't think so and I'll tell you why.
I picked up 3 of these stands made by an outfit called Stagg Music at the Arlington Guitar Show one year. When I got them home, I placed my DV72 in one of them. The next day I noticed a scuff on the back and thought I'd bumped something. I got a soft cloth and buffed it out, but it was a minute scuff. Not thinking much about it, I stuck her in the same stand, next day....same thing. This time it was a little harder to buff. That mark on the DV72 was occurring in the same spot as the large one on the Peregrine.
There is something in the rubber pad that supports the back of the guitar that reacts to nitrocellulose. In fact, I remember thinking how glad I was that I hadn't left it in the stand for a week. If I'd have done that, the reaction would have gone right through the nitro. I think that's what's happened to the Peregrine.
You guys just beware of these stands, they're fine as long as you put a cotton cloth between the rubber back support and the guitar. I'd just hate to see any of you with a rude awakening on your favorite guitar.
Here's the back of the Peregrine, now listed on eBay. If this scuff was created by this stand, it ain't buffin out of there....it's through the finish. I've never understood why guys that sell guitars state "it will buff out"? If it's such an easy fix, sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't, why don't they just do it and not mention it in their listing? The plastic ends on the feet look a tad different on his stand, but I'd bet a paycheck it's the same stand.
West
The Peregrinefeatured in the thread is a beautiful one, a bit overpriced, but very pretty and unique. In that listing, the seller shows a picture of a rather large blemish on the back, but states he thinks it will "it will PROBABLY buff out". I don't think so and I'll tell you why.
I picked up 3 of these stands made by an outfit called Stagg Music at the Arlington Guitar Show one year. When I got them home, I placed my DV72 in one of them. The next day I noticed a scuff on the back and thought I'd bumped something. I got a soft cloth and buffed it out, but it was a minute scuff. Not thinking much about it, I stuck her in the same stand, next day....same thing. This time it was a little harder to buff. That mark on the DV72 was occurring in the same spot as the large one on the Peregrine.
There is something in the rubber pad that supports the back of the guitar that reacts to nitrocellulose. In fact, I remember thinking how glad I was that I hadn't left it in the stand for a week. If I'd have done that, the reaction would have gone right through the nitro. I think that's what's happened to the Peregrine.
You guys just beware of these stands, they're fine as long as you put a cotton cloth between the rubber back support and the guitar. I'd just hate to see any of you with a rude awakening on your favorite guitar.
Here's the back of the Peregrine, now listed on eBay. If this scuff was created by this stand, it ain't buffin out of there....it's through the finish. I've never understood why guys that sell guitars state "it will buff out"? If it's such an easy fix, sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't, why don't they just do it and not mention it in their listing? The plastic ends on the feet look a tad different on his stand, but I'd bet a paycheck it's the same stand.
West
