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Location: Australia | Probably the only thing on the original Adamas guitars that I'm not real keen on is that blob of resin pickguard.It looks OK when the guitar is new but can get pretty yellowed with age. I don't know about you but I hardly ever (if ever) scrap the soundboard with a pick.
My special order 1687 (2002) doesn't have one and I noticed the 12 fret slothead doesn't either.
I guess #47 will have such a pickguard to be faithful to the original, but what about the OFC guitar ? |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | I think I read a post one time from someone who has a fix for that yellowing problem. Are you out there? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by bauerhillboy:
I think I read a post one time from someone who has a fix for that yellowing problem. Are you out there? I hear Amway has something for it. Dave |
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Location: NJ | ". . . I hear Amway has something for it . . ."
Yeah, . . . a "Plan" . . . .
I don't know of any product or process that'll "reverse" the yellowing of such material, - save removing it - (and even then you run the risk of harming the finish under it).
Mine was one of the first batch, and it not TOO bad - I've seen worse - and y'have t'consider we're talkin' 30 years ago. I would think that 30 years of chemical/technological advancement would probably garner a better product nowadays . . . .
Personally, I think it just adds "character". |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | I'm not sure all the Adamas pickguards turn yellow. In comparing Samova's slothead to mine, I believe the yellowing is a product of it's environment.
As mine had been "well played" when I got it in 1990, I have to believe it had been subjected a lot to cigarette smoke perhaps?
Sam's is nearly transparent.
The top on mine even appears to be more green than his... blue + yellow = green.
Personally, it doesn't bother me. As cwk2 said... "just proves it's an old guitar"!
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Location: NJ | . . . it's probably UV exposure . . . |
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Location: south east Michigan | Exactly. One must have spent most of it's time in a case. |
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Location: SoCal | Beautiful guitars, either one. Hope to own one similar in the future. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | So how do you explain this one:
A lttle too much exposure maybe?
Moody, feel the same way? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | The trick is how do you put the "blob" on the new ones and get it to turn that yellow? Got to love that OLD look. |
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Location: SoCal | Woodrow, it's depressing. I'm too old for one and have too much pride for the other. |
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Location: Powder Springs, Ga. | I'd vote for the one on the left for the next President over the one on the right. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | yep |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | TWO Adamas slotheads in one picture.....SIGH......
Roger |
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Location: SoCal | Roger there were 4 of them on the wall and available to be played. Heaven. |
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Location: NJ | ysbt |
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Location: SE Michigan | So if I keep mine out of the sun, away from tobacco products, and in the case, it will look more like the one on the left?
seems worth a try |
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Location: Australia | That pic of the two slotheads is a pretty good reason to consider the OFC guitar.
It really is a stunning looking instrument.
That pale blue is very elegant. |
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Location: Keller, TX | Which Hillary has too much exposure? I can't tell. |
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