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Article: Dan Erlewine's Mod Squad.(GEAR)(Brief Article)(Column)
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- Guitar Player
- Article date:
- March 1, 2006
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Recently, I asked the Mod Squad's Max Feldman to clean this '59 Gibson Les Paul "Black Beauty." A hazy film of dirt, sweat, food, drink, barroom smoke, and guitar polish besmirched the beauty of this rare guitar.
"My first pass at the dirt was with a rag dampened with warm tap water," says Max. "The water softened the haze some, but it didn't remove the dirt. I wanted to keep scrubbing, but Dan made me stop and use saliva, which softened the dirt so fast that I was able to pick up the dirt with the rag."
The water and saliva dissolved most of the haze quickly--excepting a grey stripe near the upper-bout strap-holding pin.
"Dan had me try a bit ...