Quote Originally Posted by george wilson View Post
The gold plating on my Gretsch copy is fine,but my fingers do not make corrosion. I made it in the late 80's or early 90's. Anyway,it was before the new Japanese Gretsches came out. Their necks are too small anyway.
Do you store it in the case? Just curious. I have a theory. You know how plastic out gases? I'm thinking especially celluloid. My theory is that the plastic out gassing is responsible for at least some of the corrosion I see on guitars. I'm guessing at that because I've noticed that a lot of "player" guitars, even very old ones that don't look like they've ever been cleaned, seem to do better than guitars that seem to live in their case all the time.