Sweaty hands, grimy guitars, does it bother you?

[Guildedagain]

And no on the BGUF, I reckon those are strictly want ad photos, otherwise there are legendary pics of feet and guitars, like this but there's nothing ugly, so it again doesn't qualify ;]

I'll probably never get tired of this picture.

 

[Rambozo96]

I don’t know why I didn’t think of this story after reading this post but I also recall my friend had just purchased a new Les Paul Studio in Wine Red. Took about a year and a half for him to save up for it and I remember I went to his house to check it out. The neighbor overheard us playing some tunes on that guitar and come over to check it out himself. He sees it’s a Gibson tells us some story about the Les Paul he owned and asked if he could try it out. I nudged my friend trying to tell him it would be a bad idea but he threw caution to the wind and handed the neighbor the guitar. Said neighbor was smoking a cigarette and I would think being handed a $1200 guitar he would either put it away or put it out. Nope just played an abysmal rendition of iron man banging his head with the cigarette still in his mouth so of course a big chunk of ash from the cherry of the cigarette fell and just narrowly missed the top. My friend looked like he was fixing to have a heart attack from the very thought of some inconsiderate jerk coming dangerously close to marring the finish with a cigarette burn. Needless to say he doesn’t hand off his guitar to randos anymore.

 

[Guildedagain]

Ironman was real popular at guitarshops before Metallica came along, I don't even need to mention the tune ;]

 

[Rambozo96]

Ironman was real popular at guitarshops before Metallica came along, I don't even need to mention the tune ;]

This dude talked like Jeff Spicoli and looked like the Dude. I think all that guy could play was Iron Man and broken up parts of Love Gun as if it was covered by The Sex Pistols of Steve Jones played with oven mitts on because when he jammed in his own garage that’s all I ever heard him play. And when he did a solo my lord did it ever sound like a Guitar Center on a Saturday...

 

[Gadsden]

No millionaires in my story, only teenage potheads.
My stepson, a pretty decent player, had trouble remembering the courtesy of wiping down someone's guitar after playing it.
His chowderhead buddies and their cheapo crap guitars knew to be careful on the occasion they got to play any of my stuff, but as soon as they were on to their next adventure there was nothing orderly left behind. Nothing but a faint adolescent aroma, empty wrappers and soda cans, and dirty dishes everywhere.

As stern as the missus might be with them on their next meeting, I was the one who finally had a lasting effect on them.
"Do me a favor? Next time you play my guitars, can you wait until afterwards to eat peanut butter?"

Blank stares from his buddies, but the boy knew EXACTLY what I meant.
He later conveyed my sentiments to his buddies more clearly, and we finally reached an understanding regarding another man's gear.
I swear to God, my ES-335 would feel like someone smeared peanut butter down the backside of the neck...

 

[Rambozo96]

No millionaires in my story, only teenage potheads.
My stepson, a pretty decent player, had trouble remembering the courtesy of wiping down someone's guitar after playing it.
His chowderhead buddies and their cheapo crap guitars knew to be careful on the occasion they got to play any of my stuff, but as soon as they were on to their next adventure there was nothing orderly left behind. Nothing but a faint adolescent aroma, empty wrappers and soda cans, and dirty dishes everywhere.

As stern as the missus might be with them on their next meeting, I was the one who finally had a lasting effect on them.
"Do me a favor? Next time you play my guitars, can you wait until afterwards to eat peanut butter?"

Blank stares from his buddies, but the boy knew EXACTLY what I meant.
He later conveyed my sentiments to his buddies more clearly, and we finally reached an understanding regarding another man's gear.
I swear to God, my ES-335 would feel like someone smeared peanut butter down the backside of the neck...

That reminds me of the episode of King of the Hill where Bobby plays Hanks guitar (a 1963 Guild no less!) with a piece of cheese.

 

[Gadsden]

Seriously?
I never saw that!



But YES!
That's exactly the idea.
Like maybe even Velveeta...

 

[Rambozo96]

But for guests I always left out a spare beater Kay and a Yamaha OOO. I know how people are but I just never purposefully tried to play someone else’s guitar. Of course some people will just hand theirs to me like when I was at a bar in Illinois chatting with the guitar player of the band that played that night about the usual. Rigs we have, rigs of the past/of our youth. Somehow it lead to him wanting me to just to do an improv jam with him but I flew in from Texas not packing a guitar in the trip over so I reluctantly used his 78’ Les Paul Custom that had been rigged up with some Bill Lawrence pickups. A damn good guitar that seemed like everything that embodies the proper Les Paul but I just get nervous using other peoples stuff. Especially when that guitar was probably still worth more than any guitar I ever owned even with the added third pickup with its own odd and on toggle. Was quite trusting of a near perfect stranger that’s for sure!

 

[jp]

I have really dry hands, and if someone even picks up my guitar, I can feel the residue from their hands afterwards.

I have to wipe down the neck every time. Uggh!