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Never happens on a 70s Fender (due to the thinkness of the finish) unless your fingertips are made of tungsten carbide....
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I got a guitar with a plain nitro finish and a black scratchplate, I did that on purpose and granted I do feel silly from time to time looking at the amazing finishes I could have had done...
I've replaced the V60lps and the VTB wiring and the SSSC setup (despite it costing £150 as an option).
I've installed a tremel-no and had to leave the backplate off..
I put in the Rothwell HLK
all that I did myself - because I can do that stuff.
I'd replace the jumbo stainless steel frets with vintage stainless steel frets
... and I've got a Mark Jenny Relic Telecaster and I've chipped the paint on that - I didn't want to kill myself for that either.
the reason I can do those things and don't despise guitars for having a finish I don't get, is because they're "things". I like them, but in the grand scheme of things they aren't important.
By the way, one of the things I got really right first time, deciding what to put in the Suhr custom is Pau Ferro fretboard wood .. all the twang of maple but the aesthetics of Rosewood.
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If your hands sweat a lot when playing the organic acids in the sweat will soften cellulose lacquer making it much more prone to wearing away. Won't happen with polyurethane type finishes though.
I wouldn't worry at all.
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Played, you say? Hmmm, interesting concept (scratches whiskered chin).
The problem with the Suhr silent coil system is that it won't play with the HLK which is great for putting a bridge humbucker sound in a strat... I'd like to revisit the wiring one day with a super switch to only enable the sssc on 1 3 and 5 settings if a knob is pulled up... but I've only so much time.
I'd love a PRS, my mate coaxes some good stratty sounds from it. When I got the Suhr I was hoping to get one thing to cover 335 sounds, Strat sounds, Tele sounds and the like. I've kinda got it most of the way there ...
I think the trick is to have one guitar you just want to pick up and play.
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