Growing White Stain?

[Minoraie71]

anything on the back of the guard in that same area

No, nothing. This is the only place. What gets me confused is that 2 friends of mine have the same guitar model but from 2007 and their "white spot" became like greyish right from the start. I hope mine get there soon...

 

[Minoraie71]

they will eventually turn more gray as the wood gets stained with skin oil and cells.

Ok. Can't wait until it does

 

[Minoraie71]

I wasn't kidding...

I thought it would look a bit more like the "relic" one on the picture and not white. But hopefully it'll get there soon

 

[garywright]

do you have that long of fingernails that tore through the finish in eight weeks

 

[Minoraie71]

Thx all for you help and input. I watched the Gibson and video and did see that those unfigured maple tops indeed are white and not "maple colored". Now I can relax and embrace the guitar getting it's natural relic. Big thanks to you all!

 

[Minoraie71]

do you have that long of fingernails that tore through the finish in eight weeks

No. I keep them very short and fix them twice a week. And the angle I anchor my fingers do so only the fingertips touch the body. But the very short time along with the white color is what make me post the question. Guess they did an extremely thin layer or something on my guitar.

 

[Wilko]

Ok. To me it's way whiter than I've seen an maple top or neck/fretboard/top in my +45 playing the guitar and owning +80 guitars, most with maple fretboard or maple tops. Yes, many satin finishes. But anyhow...if it's the maple, any idea why this happened on my guitar in 2 months and has not happened on my 2 friends Les Paul Faded both that's 17 years old and have been played for at least 4 hours a day since day one?
Both their guitars just looks awesomely worned in, when mine after 2 months looks like it has a white splash.

J45 has zero maple. maple is light colored. period.

Your playing has your fingers or picks hitting the same spot when you play. maybe your friends don't play so hard, or rest their fingers there.

 

[garywright]

J45 has zero maple. maple is light colored. period.

Your playing has your fingers or picks hitting the same spot when you play. maybe your friends don't play so hard, or rest their fingers there.

I believe he was saying he’s been playing for +45 years ..nothing about a J45

 

[LyleGorch]

Feeling better now?

 

[Jethro Rocker]

Thx all for you help and input. I watched the Gibson and video and did see that those unfigured maple tops indeed are white and not "maple colored". Now I can relax and embrace the guitar getting it's natural relic. Big thanks to you all!

All the other maple tops and backs and necks you have experienced before are finished - they were not raw wood. That would be why you have never seen white maple. Bare maple is a very light wood.
Seems like very fast fading but again,,picking hard, grease etc on fingers...

 

[charliechitlins]

Thx all for you help and input. I watched the Gibson and video and did see that those unfigured maple tops indeed are white and not "maple colored". Now I can relax and embrace the guitar getting it's natural relic. Big thanks to you all!

Maple colored and white are the same thing.
Maple is white.
But you're figuring that out.
If it's too white for you, rub a little stain on it.

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

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true that maple is light in color but sure is an odd outline

Probably also has a little to do with sweat. It looks like sweat drops not just play wear from his fingers. I had a very old LP with much play wear and would routinely get white opaque spots on the finish I would have to buff out. Pair that with the super thin finish on this guitar and that could be the cause.

 

[Wound_Up]

No, nothing. This is the only place. What gets me confused is that 2 friends of mine have the same guitar model but from 2007 and their "white spot" became like greyish right from the start. I hope mine get there soon...

Their guitars from 2007 are entirely different from yours. There's no use in comparing them over and over again.

You may want to sell yours and buy a 2007 if that's what you want your guitar to look like. That's the only way you'll get a guitar that wears like theirs. Then there's the fact that you don't have the same body chemistry as them so even, if you did buy one, it may, wear differently due to your skin being different than theirs.

STOP, trying to compare yours to theirs. It's useless. That's like comparing a 1967 Corvette to one from 1985. There's no comparison.

 

[Wound_Up]

J45 has zero maple. maple is light colored. period.

Your playing has your fingers or picks hitting the same spot when you play. maybe your friends don't play so hard, or rest their fingers there.

J45 huh? No one mentioned a J45?

 

[Minoraie71]

Their guitars from 2007 are entirely different from yours. There's no use in comparing them over and over again.

You may want to sell yours and buy a 2007 if that's what you want your guitar to look like. That's the only way you'll get a guitar that wears like theirs. Then there's the fact that you don't have the same body chemistry as them so even, if you did buy one, it may, wear differently due to your skin being different than theirs.

STOP, trying to compare yours to theirs. It's useless. That's like comparing a 1967 Corvette to one from 1985. There's no comparison.

Regarding to Gibson themselves, from my mail correspondence with them, the satin finish is exactly the same, and from the latest correspondence from them, even they say that this much wear from only 8 weeks is EXTREMELY rare! They did also tell me that the maple tops on the 2022 is way more white than the 2007 release. Didn't get an explanation to why though.

 

[MarcB]

I think this thread warrants a “old wood, fast growth” tangent.

Bonjour.

 

[jb_abides]

I think this thread warrants a “old wood, fast growth” tangent.

Bonjour.

Extremely hard rock maple?

 

[MarcB]

Extremely hard rock maple?

Disregard my jokes.. they’re rubbish..

 

[garywright]

J45 huh? No one mentioned a J45?

previously noted post #28

 

[overtonezaudio]

Regarding to Gibson themselves, from my mail correspondence with them, the satin finish is exactly the same, and from the latest correspondence from them, even they say that this much wear from only 8 weeks is EXTREMELY rare! They did also tell me that the maple tops on the 2022 is way more white than the 2007 release. Didn't get an explanation to why though.

Yeah, seems really odd to wear that quickly. It sounds to me like GIbson botched the finish on this particular guitar. At least it's just a minor cosmetic defect. As long as it doesn't bother your eyes it'll just be part of the guitar's history.