Thick Guitar Finishes

[skyboltone]

I am more inclined to believe that the pickups and neck actually play a bigger role in how a guitar plays, sounds and sustains.
Not to mention the bridge and strings.

YMMV

The pickups hang in the plastic pickguard on the Strat yet I never hear the golden ear crowd talk much about pickguard material. Garolite, polycarbonate, acrylic, wood, what?

[HeeBGB]

I am more inclined to believe that the pickups and neck actually play a bigger role in how a guitar plays, sounds and sustains.
Not to mention the bridge and strings.

YMMV

The pickups hang in the plastic pickguard on the Strat yet I never hear the golden ear crown talk much about pickguard material. Garolite, polycarbonate, acrylic, wood, what?

I don't know if I can hear a tone difference in different pickguard materials but I can say for certain that there is a difference in other areas. I have a cheap guard on a strat I built and when I play I drag my pinky across the guard on my picking hand. I get an audible static scratching noise from the amp which I don't get on my other strats. I have shielded the entire guard with copper shielding tape and it did not help. I have also routed the wiring in several different configurations and the static happens always in the same spot.
Not sure what material it is made from.

[skyboltone]

Well I don't know too much about thick guitar finishes but this is the best thick barbecue sauce I ever tried. They have it at Raley's/Nob Hill. I'm thinking about smearing it on the Tele project I'm currently working on.

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Best on thin sliced Tri-tip done in the Traeger

Dan

[LeftyStrat]

And this is the best mustard you will ever taste. In case, you know, you're going for that vintage TV white.

[skyboltone]

Hey Lefty, that do look like good stuff. Is it hot or just tangy or both. I'll look for some.


Dan

[LeftyStrat]

It's not real hot, sort of spicy/sweet. I think it might a little relish in it also. It is amazingly good. Same company makes BBQ sauce, it is closer to what you would find in western NC, which is a thinner sauce than the rest of the country.

BBQ is my other passion, and I've always tried to pick up the local styles as I moved around the country. Pulled pork styles from the Carolina's and Georgia, brisket done Texas-style, and now I have some pretty amazing smoked salmon recipes from living in the NW. Have friends from the south that after a visit, the first thing they ask when trying to find a time to come back and visit is "Will it be Copper River Salmon season?"

But that Bone Sucking Mustard could make cardboard taste good.

[skyboltone]

Are you using a Traeger?
http://www.traegergrills.com/

I've been using one for about a year. There is NOTHING that you can cook outdoors that you can't cook better on this thing.

[LeftyStrat]

Are you using a Traeger?
http://www.traegergrills.com/

I've been using one for about a year. There is NOTHING that you can cook outdoors that you can't cook better on this thing.

Damn that looks sweet. My two main grills are a Weber Kettle-style and a barrel style with smoker box. Both are wood or charcoal. I don't use propane or propane accessories (sorry Hank).

The barrel style has too many design flaws, it doesn't seal properly, so it will get replaced at some point. The Weber is still great for the rotisserie and general grilling.

I will definitely check those out. Thanks!

[Structo]

I get an audible static scratching noise from the amp which I don't get on my other strats. I have shielded the entire guard with copper shielding tape and it did not help. I have also routed the wiring in several different configurations and the static happens always in the same spot.
Not sure what material it is made from.

Hey HeeBGB, that is static build up on the pickguard.
Usually worse in the dry winter time.
Go to your laundry room and steel a fabric softener dryer sheet from the wife and then rub that all over the outside of the pickguard it should cure the static.
You may have to rinse and repeat after a while.

Funny Traeger used to be a family owned business just a few miles from here.
Great grills but very expensive.

Lefty, we discovered Bone Suckin' BBQ sauce a few years ago and we love it for Baby Back ribs.

I know us Yankees don't know how to barbecue but that sauce is the bomb!

[johnnyreece]

My buddy has a Traeger, and it's the bee's knees. He got it on trade for something...don't even remember now. At my place I've got an electric smoker (cabinet style). I put charcoal/wood chips in the bin, as without a real flame source, the chips don't ignite for me. Turns out some pretty good stuff!

As for guitar finishes, I've only got one factory guitar, and that's my Les Paul, which doesn't have too thick of a finish on it. I do, however, have a couple fabric finished guitars, and they sound alright to me, and THAT cover has to be worse than any poly they could concoct in China!

[skyboltone]

Funny Traeger used to be a family owned business just a few miles from here.
Great grills but very expensive.

Lefty, we discovered Bone Suckin' BBQ sauce a few years ago and we love it for Baby Back ribs.

I know us Yankees don't know how to barbecue but that sauce is the bomb!

And worth every penny! I think we know how to barbecue fine I just don't think we got the passion that those southern folks have for it. Most of them can't even read and write but they know how to cook! Just kidding!!!!

Look at it this way fellows, $800 for the L'll Texan divided by say 10 years is $80 a year. Heck, I use to burn up $80 a year worth of steaks on the Weber. You can't burn stuff on this thing people!!! Now I agree if you got to put it on the card maybe it's not such a good deal. Stick with the hibachi from Wally's World and eat them little meat balls with the toothpicks in them. (this thread keeps drifting back to the OP's topic dangit)

[powmat]

Hey HeeBGB, that is static build up on the pickguard.
Usually worse in the dry winter time.
Go to your laundry room and steel a fabric softener dryer sheet from the wife and then rub that all over the outside of the pickguard it should cure the static.
You may have to rinse and repeat after a while.

Hey - I dont want to de-rail the BBQ discussion...but... just wanted to +1 what Structo said about the dryer sheet. I had the same thing going on. Drove me nucking futz. Re-shielded the routing cavities, resoldered grounds, etc. nothing helped. same scritchy-scratchy noise. I ran across the dryer sheet tip somewhere.. Totally solved it.

Matt