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Topic: Sap(py) gig - any suggestions |
Marc Friedland
From:
Fort Collins, CO
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Posted 10 Jun 2006 1:02 pm |
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Some of you may remember my post about a year ago regarding the attack of billions of bugs during a gig. This year at the same County Fair, a different scenario happened.
The trees above the stage were dripping sap continuously throughout the gig.
By the end of the night my pedal steel and electronic keyboards were extremely sticky from the stuff. Regarding the strings, that's an easy fix, just change them.
But how about the keys on the keyboard and the apron and fretboard on the steel.
Can I just use some Windex kind of product and try to wipe it off? I'm quite ignorant about these kinds of things - any suggestions?
Thanks,
Marc
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 10 Jun 2006 2:03 pm
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well my take is short and simple..
It's one thing to have a bad gig, bad crowd, not play songs that they wanna hear..nobody dances, they say the band is too loud etc..
but it's yet another when Instruments are at risk...
like SAP falling on them..
and the Band members...
for me..it would be a NO GIG, and I suspect each of my bandmates would feel exactly the same..
I think it would be wise to have the Bnadleader advise the Fair promoter of the issue and the risks at hand.
Perhaps a Tent covering the stage would be appropriate .
Crud falling from Trees onto a working Band and the Gear is not appropriate or acceptable.
You would be real lucky if a cleaner like Windex removes the Sap. Generally a strong Petroleum or Thinner based product is required
my take
t[This message was edited by Tony Prior on 11 June 2006 at 01:53 AM.] |
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Curt Langston
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Posted 10 Jun 2006 2:22 pm
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| Indeed! I'd be out of there so fast, it would make your head spin. Ruin your gear for a couple hundred bucks................Not me. |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 10 Jun 2006 3:10 pm
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| As much as I hate the stuff, as a lubricant, WD-40 can be pretty good as a cleaner. I don't think I would want to use it on a lacquer-finished guitar, though. |
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 10 Jun 2006 3:20 pm
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Gaaaa! Naptha might be the ticket. (Lighter fluid). If it's a lacquer guitar, I'm gun-shy about any solvents but it's a fairly fast evaporating goo-dissolving liquid that is low on the nasty scale (compared, for instance, with lacquer thinner and other more toxic and more volatile solvents). I work with the stuff all day, every day. Not on my instruments, though. Work with good ventilation, away from kitchen pilot lights and always test a small hidden area first.
Gaaaa! |
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Philip Tamarkin
From:
California, USA
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Posted 11 Jun 2006 4:59 am
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| 3M makes a citrus-based adhesive remover that gets rid of anything sticky (even contact cement!) without damaging the finished surface - we've used it successfully on all kinds of gunk with no trouble. That said, try it on an inconspicuous part of the finish first! It'll make your PSG smell like you played a gig in an orange grove. Or maybe pelted by citrus. |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 11 Jun 2006 9:33 am
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| That 3M citrus stuff sounds similar to Goo-Gone, which I have used successfully on a variety of fairly valuable old fountain pen materials. You can buy a big 8 oz. bottle at Walmart and hardware stores, in the automotive department. I've even used to to remove rotted, congealed gooey foam rubber from furniture prior to refinishing. Of course, test it on an unobtrusive corner first. |
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Marlin Smoot
From:
Kansas
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Posted 11 Jun 2006 2:35 pm
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| Just buy a new keyboard but save the old one for "outdoor only" gigs. Use your credit card and be sure to max it out so no one else can use it. |
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Brendan Mitchell
From:
Melbourne Australia
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Posted 11 Jun 2006 5:29 pm
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| Eucalyptus oil sometimes removes sticky stuff and is pretty friendly to sensitive finishes. |
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 11 Jun 2006 5:42 pm
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We played an outdoor gig about 25 years ago, and the folks set up the food table under a big ol' oak tree. Beautiful place, lots of animals, great people, and LOTS of adult beverages...
BBQ pork on the table, served at dark. A shrill, female, VERY drunk voice says, "These birds are Sh______ing on our food!"
Obviously, none fo these great people knew of the nocturnal habits of the chickens, guineas, and turkeys running around the place.
NO INSTRUMENTS WERE HARMED DURING THIS POST!!! |
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Jack Francis
From:
Queen Creek, Arizona, USA
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Posted 11 Jun 2006 6:29 pm
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| Played a gig once at a dragstrip...After a few jet dragsters went off, our equipment was oily from the jet fuel..what a mess! |
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Damir Besic
From:
Nashville,TN.
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Posted 12 Jun 2006 9:05 am
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I also played once at the dragstrip...and was arrested for not wearing a pantyhose
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