Flamingrae -> RE: Insects in guitars (Jun. 12 2020 0:03:10)
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Is it possible a guitar gets wood worms, termites or whathever eating up the wood? This question cropped up a while back for me. If you are playing on a regular basis, not too much is going to hang around unless already in there. Considering the thicknesses we work to, that shouldn't happen much. I sometimes happen across bugs in planks. I bought some Italian cherry that was beautiful, then I started ripping it on the saw and I found a load of of big white (not for long) grubs. If it's any consolation, I picked up one of my guitars that had been "resting" for a while. I looked in the sound port and a few cobwebs had gathered as well as some dust. Every now and then I give mine the rice treatment. Pour in a generous cup of cheap long grain. Shake it all about - you can do this to music if you want!! Get a newspaper and shake all the grains out on to it. You should notice a difference in the colour (grey from dust) and if it's been dormant for years, a few dust balls too and just about anything else. It's a good maintenance trick. I'm sure you could use other things, but the white of the rice gives a good indication as to what is coming out.
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