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Discolored 355/12JL scratch plate
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:14 pm
by ron_finlay
I've just obtained a 355/12JL which is in great condition, apart from discoloration of the scratch plate, which has yellowed.
Any suggestions?
Ron
Re: Discolored 355/12JL scratch plate
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:16 pm
by beatlefreak
The signature plate, or the other one?
Re: Discolored 355/12JL scratch plate
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:24 pm
by libratune
If it is the signature plate, the ones I have seen from that era all seem to go yellow.
Re: Discolored 355/12JL scratch plate
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:35 pm
by ron_finlay
Yeh - it's the signature plate
Ron
Re: Discolored 355/12JL scratch plate
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:04 am
by beatlefreak
I doubt there's much if anything you could do.
Re: Discolored 355/12JL scratch plate
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:49 am
by wj350
Really probably nothing you can do without risking damage to the plate. Were it mine, I'd simply replace it with a new plain white one, and preserve the signature plate for collector's purposes.
Congrats on your guitar BTW!!
Bill
Re: Discolored 355/12JL scratch plate
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:12 am
by jingle_jangle
Attacking the yellowed plate with compound to attempt to polish out the yellow, would n doubt do more harm than good.
Have you tried Pepsodent? (JOKE)
Anyway, do what Bill suggests.