Thanks for your advice.

I do wipe down the guitar when done, and the strings don't last long at all. The unwound strings get rusty soon.

The tuners are Sperzel and they have closed backs. The guitar stays in tune well, but if it should start giving me problems, I'll replace them.

The original tuners were black, and I bought nickel plated ones to replace. The tech and Sperzel said they should be the most rust resistant.

I don't use an amp, I have a Digitech RP355 amp simulator/fx unit direct into the PA. Since half our material is classic rock, I mostly use the Twin Reverb or AC30 sims.

Playing sax, flute, wind synth and guitar plus Mrs. Notes playing synth and guitar, add the PA set and the fact that we set up and tear down 15-20 times per month, an amp sim is good enough. One less thing to carry.

Even though I wipe it down when the gig is done, it's getting some graying where my forearm rests on the guitar. That's what I'm trying to get rid of.

I don't want to use anything that will harm the finish.

Thanks again,
Bob


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