It's JMO but guitar sustain is overrated, really. How long do you need a note or a chord to ring anyway?
If you want to have a note ring forever, get up close to you amp and use the sound waves from the amp to keep the string vibrating, or use vibrado and rub the string on the fret to keep the...
Yes this is true, but I fail make a correlation between you guitar smelling like smoke, and the OP's finish problem.:hmm: Help me out here, what are you onto?
No, the rubber has had a chemical reaction with the lacquer. It goes all the way through the lacquer, there is no removing it without a refinish. Sorry man.
It sucks, trust me I know. I had a stand F**k up the finish on a white Gibson doubleneck I used to own.
I remove the rubber from the points that touch the finish and replaced it with surgical tubing.
The damage to the finish can not be removed without refinishing the neck of the guitar.
If it sounds better to you with it off, then by all means take it off.:naughty:
JMO, but LP's look nakid without pickguards, besides I rest my hand on the PG from time to time.