13yguitarman Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Well i plan on re-stringing my paul so i took off the strings and decided to look at the pick-ups (57 neck hot alnico bridge) and in the neck cavity i noticed a white powder. what is it. should i take it out or leave it in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumblinman Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Could be leftover dust from routing out or sanding body. That'd be my guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tukinator Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 I've seen that on just about every guitar I've broken down. I always figured it was from whatever compound they use when they're buffing them at the factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daneman Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Yep I'd bet on that too. just leftover dust from the shop floor seen it a buncha times. You can remove it or leave it. It won't affect perfomance more than likely.LOL as long as it doesn't get into the pots and switch,but it shouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotcanX Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Dried-up buffing compound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daneman Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Ok dried buffing compound.But I've even found sawdust in a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabar Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 You guys may be right, but come on --- show a little imagination! Yeah, it probably is buffing compound, but there are so many more INTERESTING possibilities ... maybe the guitar was used for smuggling illegal substances in the pup cavities, and that residue could be the key to a worldwide heroin ring. Or maybe some enerprising chemist somewhere was working on a NEW substance that isn't illegal yet, but has um, interesting psychoactive properties. There's always "terrorists" (yeah, that's the ticket!) --- biological weapons in electric guitars? Heck, I've seen guitar cases with great big "Anthrax" or "Hazardous Materials" stickers on 'em. Or maybe a shipment of guitars was inspected by the police, and some powdered sugar fell off the donuts. You never know! (unless you send it to a forensics lab). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daneman Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Or maybe some sweet little asian gal was fixing her makeup using the shiney mirrored surface.LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloyDZeD Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Well, there once was a Fender Strat that had a hollow body and was full of $2,500,000 of cocaine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daneman Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Owwchh!!! Wonder if it was Clapton's inspiration....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubstar Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 back during the NYC anthrax scare, a foolish night editor where I work spilled powdered sugar on the floor and neglected to clean it up...you can imagine the response, as the mail room of the company where this happened was one of the ones that received the anthrax packages, and the baby who tested positive was the child of a producer who worked for the company and had visited the building the day before testing positive I was also in that mailroom right before the package was discovered and had a few fun days while it was tested ha ha... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumblinman Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 I believe the term you were aiming for is "Biohazard". Seen the movie Joe Dirt? The Biohazard part in that is priceless. Good use of the sticker as well. Anthrax was actually quite a great band up through the album Persistence of Time. After that, 'twas killed by grunge. As far as clever responses, I was aiming more towards it being a guitar previously played by The Pixies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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