[Sugar]

I couldn’t resist.

 

[Hammertone]

That looks like a really nice guitar, Clearly too expensive to take out, so I suggest you also buy my '50s Roadworn Strat to take out and keep the PoMoJo Strat at home.

 

[gtrguy]

Beauty, love the grain of the ash showing through the finish of the rear contour like that.

 

[zontar]

Ok--cool--enjoy!

 

[Adcandour]

Nice looking guitar...what do they can the thing over the bridge? I need one.

 

[Guest]

what do they can the thing over the bridge?

ashtray

 

[High/Deaf]

ashtray

Yep, was a time all Strats and Teles came with ashtrays. I don't know if it was the anti-smoking lobby or the pro-string muting lobby that did away with them. but you just never see them anymore. Well, at least not since we had to walk up hill both ways to school and back.

..........and get off my fricken lawn, whippersnapper.

 

[Guest]

.. the pro-string muting lobby that did away with them.

I had a Tele with an ashtray and I found it uncomfortable to play with it on.
It stayed off until I traded it away.

 

[High/Deaf]

My 73 Strat had an ashtray. Made the guitar unplayable, IME. I need those setscrews digging into the heal of my hand. We must suffer for our art.

 

[Adcandour]

Thanks. I knew tele's had ashtrays, but thought this would've been called something else, since it doesn't look like an ashtray.

If I order my Dano tomorrow, I'm going to ask for one. I keep resting my hands on the saddle screws, and I don't like it. I don't want to change the way I play, since it'll mess up how I play my Monty.

 

[Adcandour]

My 73 Strat had an ashtray. Made the guitar unplayable, IME. I need those setscrews digging into the heal of my hand. We must suffer for our art.

It was that bad, eh? That's not good news.

Maybe I'll invent something to screw onto the top of the screws to prevent the pain. I think I'll call it a "nut", or "tiny nuts". It'll be like a cap nut, but different (the difference being how I label/package it and all that marking up I plan on doing).

 

[greco]

We must suffer for our art.

Having to listen to my own playing is way more than enough suffering for me!

 

[High/Deaf]

It was that bad, eh? That's not good news.

Maybe I'll invent something to screw onto the top of the screws to prevent the pain. I think I'll call it a "nut", or "tiny nuts". It'll be like a cap nut, but different (the difference being how I label/package it and all that marking up I plan on doing).

That bad? For me it was. Probably because I came from an LP with the exposed tunafishic bridge and I was used to muting. You should try one though, as YMMV.

 

[greco]

Maybe I'll invent something to screw onto the top of the screws to prevent the pain. I think I'll call it a "nut", or "tiny nuts".

I read somewhere that guys were trying shrink tubing on the tops of the grub screws.

I prefer your idea by far.

Maybe something like miniature acorn nuts?

 

[Adcandour]

I read somewhere that guys were trying shrink tubing on the tops of the grub screws.

I prefer your idea by far.

Maybe something like miniature acorn nuts?

Exactly, I call them cap nuts, but those are what I plan to invent

 

[greco]

Exactly, I call them cap nuts, but those are what I plan to invent

I'll take 6 when you are ready to ship.
At $19.95 (with a free set of steak knives) they are real bargain.

BTW..Anyone need any steak knives? I have accumulated several sets.

 

[Roryfan]

If you plan to never change your action or sell the guitar to someone who might want higher action, you can cut down the exposed part of the saddle screws.