jedzep
Senior Member
While I've had those nasty Gibson 'batwing' guards shrink, pull and crack tops, I've never seen one pull a top upward, but this one, off my F30, finally began to reveal it's evil purpose in life. Guess it's understandable, after all, I'm also 70 and shrinking too.
I noticed a lip, or hump, around the treble edge of my sound hole, and a ripple in the guard, so whipped out the naptha and dental floss and began 'sawing'. It came up easily, with no damage to the raw spruce it was glued onto back in '63. Another dumb idea, but given the top and back cosmetics (some moron named Andy even scratched his name into it) on this stellar playing 000, I'm leaning toward stripping/refinishing B&S in Mohawk flat lacquer, buffed out. It'll be gorgeous, sound great, and finally be naked, as that ugly piece of plastic will get stuck in my massive Webster's dictionary, where all my others are stored.
I noticed a lip, or hump, around the treble edge of my sound hole, and a ripple in the guard, so whipped out the naptha and dental floss and began 'sawing'. It came up easily, with no damage to the raw spruce it was glued onto back in '63. Another dumb idea, but given the top and back cosmetics (some moron named Andy even scratched his name into it) on this stellar playing 000, I'm leaning toward stripping/refinishing B&S in Mohawk flat lacquer, buffed out. It'll be gorgeous, sound great, and finally be naked, as that ugly piece of plastic will get stuck in my massive Webster's dictionary, where all my others are stored.