Polish satin?

[Iron1]

I've only ever had 2 satin finish guitars for any real amount of time. One I painted (my Franken7) and the other is my 2020 Pro HT7. I noticed a month or so ago the HT7 is getting a polished mark below the Hi E between the pickups where my finger tips hit sometimes when I'm strumming - and it drives me nuts. I know I can't un-polish it, but is there a decent way to just polish the whole body at this stage?

[Bloody_Inferno]

Still have the old tag on I see.

[Nick]

I'm sure there will be some sort of cloth you could use to do this. I'd not get a satin guitar again for this reason, mine had a burled finish at least so it wasn't noticable

[Megametal7]

My LTD snakbyte is like that where my hands touch the guitar. It drives me nuts too but I dont think you can un-polish it. More you rub the cloth more shine you get lol

I'll never buy satin guitar again, neck is ok but body nahh.

[Leon]

Maybe a micro-fiber cloth to clean the oils up?

I suppose you could disassemble it and spray it... or bang it the fuck up to where a few finger marks aren't going to be noticed

[Budda]

Yeah - wear it down to the wood and think nothing of it.

[Nick]

Id also make peace with never selling it for anything other than a massive discount if you do attempt any of this

[Chris]

Yeah - wear it down to the wood and think nothing of it.

This.

[Iron1]

Still have the old tag on I see.

Ha - no, that's the picture from the store's website I kept cause they take way better pix than I do. That tag was gone in about .3 seconds when I got it home.

[Hulk Krogan]

I have nothing relevant to offer but I really wish the green version of that finish was available on the fixed bridge model.

[Iron1]

I'm sure there will be some sort of cloth you could use to do this. I'd not get a satin guitar again for this reason, mine had a burled finish at least so it wasn't noticable

Yeah, I was wondering if I took a treated cloth to it if it would work... but figured surely someone here would have polished a satin guitar by now...

This is what it looks like:

[Budda]

Does your forearm float above the guitar

[Iron1]

Does your forearm float above the guitar

It usually rests on the bevel and/or top side of it. But, a lot of the time I try not to let it touch cause my picking motion is mostly wrist but some forearm as well. A long time ago I had some really, really good guitar player tell me you should A) never rest your left thumb on the back of the neck and B) never left your right arm/hand touch anything.

Well, the thumb thing is just dumb, no way I could play like that even though he could. But, now that you mention it, I bet I keep my right arm off the guitar because of what he said.

[Darren]

You can use steel wool to knock that gloss back a bit, but a) you risk taking the black finish off, and b) it will gloss up again.

[Leon]

You could install a small-ish pickguard right in that spot?

[Iron1]

You could install a small-ish pickguard right in that spot?

#JustSayNoToPickguards

[Leon]

...and yet, they were designed to protect your finish from things including this

I mean, make it a cool one... diamond plate, burnt chrome, etc, etc. Or, clear plastic/acrylic?

[Blazon_Stone]

SOLUTION

Dont buy satin finish guitars xD

I bought the Solar "white matte", just to challenge myself. I still dont like matte.
But the guitar is so beaten up and dirty at the momoent so I dont even care.

But generally = GLOSS rules (in my opinion)

[Jeff]

Me thinks you're OCD'ing too hard over this, sir. Let it wear the way it wants to wear, and don't worry about it.

[Coop]

I have an old Gibson Gothic SG that I have had since 2001-2002. There isn't an inch of that guitar that isn't gloss now. You would never know that it was once a satin finish.

[Budda]

It usually rests on the bevel and/or top side of it. But, a lot of the time I try not to let it touch cause my picking motion is mostly wrist but some forearm as well. A long time ago I had some really, really good guitar player tell me you should A) never rest your left thumb on the back of the neck and B) never left your right arm/hand touch anything.

Well, the thumb thing is just dumb, no way I could play like that even though he could. But, now that you mention it, I bet I keep my right arm off the guitar because of what he said.

I cannot imagine not resting my arm on my guitars. That's why Fender styles are so comfortable (and why flat-tops are much less comfortable the second I think about it).

[Dominic]

Beat on that thing live until it looks like you dragged it five miles behind your MTB, man!

Alternatively, do what I used to to as a skint teenager when I wasn't sure if I was keeping a guitar: cover the wear points (or the whole thing like I used to, takes hours) in clear sticky-back plastic (yes like on Blue Peter! My fellow Limeys will now involuntarily assume thousand-yard stares while they fondly remember which presenter caused their sexual awakening...), you know, the stuff used for covering school books to make them last longer...

[Webdood]

just put a saucy sticker there. Mud flap Girl screams you are a man of class and taste.

[Iron1]

I cannot imagine not resting my arm on my guitars. That's why Fender styles are so comfortable (and why flat-tops are much less comfortable the second I think about it).

You've got me wondering how I did it standing up, since I almost entirely play sitting down these days. Next time I spend some time jamming, I'll have to slap a strap on this one and see.

[Chris]

just put a saucy sticker there. Mud flap Girl screams you are a man of class and taste.

Someone needs to wrangle up Haggus and get him over here.