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My lefty 'Fallout' arrive today, WHOAH what a beautiful guitar, but there is one blemish..there is slight warping on the pickguard near the neck..looks like the cut or something..here is a pic..what do i do??
ALSO, does the tremelo arm fasten with the allen key? I though these just slid in??
Besides that, a beautiful sounding and playing guitar! I want another lefty! LOL!
My lefty 'Fallout' arrive today, WHOAH what a beautiful guitar, but there is one blemish..there is slight warping on the pickguard near the neck..looks like the cut or something..here is a pic..what do i do??
ALSO, does the tremelo arm fasten with the allen key? I though these just slid in??
Besides that, a beautiful sounding and playing guitar! I want another lefty! LOL!
I agree that you should pursue this as a warranty issue.
I note thought that sometimes the reason a pick guard floats like that isn't because the pick guard is warped, but rather because one of the electronic components is binding a bit against the side of a cavity. You could loosen the screws and giving the pick guard a bit of a jiggle. If that settles it down the rest of the way, you're dancing.
If the problem were a warped pick guard on an older, off-warranty guitar, you could simply replace it, or if you were handy, you could try something like this - Which I've heard works, but I haven't personally had the opportunity to try it:
Remove the pick guard, and electronics so that the pick guard can be placed on a flat surface (such as a cutting board) that is larger than the pickguard, but small enough to fit in your kitchen sink or the bathtub. You'd put the pick guard on the flat surface, then pour boiling water over it, and immediate place something heavy (and equally flat bottomed) on the pick guard (like a put of cool water or something), leaving it rest there for two or three minutes. I'm told that will flatten it out.
In your case, I don't think that'll be necessary, but I put it out there in case some future reader has the same issue on an off-warranty guitar.
SonicLife wrote:ALSO, does the tremelo arm fasten with the allen key? I though these just slid in??
The allen screw sets the amount of friction on the arm bushing. I keep mine tight enough so that it will stay where I leave it, and with that much tension the arm still slides in fairly easily.
