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Burns traffolyte pickguard
Posted:
31 Jul 2022, 11:49
by harrybob
Hello all,
Does anyone know any methods for flattening a warped traffolyte pickguard. The one on my burns legend is quite wavy, does anyone know what causes this ? I thought traffolyte was heat resistant.
Thanks
Alun
Re: Burns traffolyte pickguard
Posted:
01 Aug 2022, 01:33
by JimN
I think that that substance is formed chemically, rather than by heat-moulding.
It's more like Bakelite or Paxolin than it is like nitrate celluloid or vinyl and is not thought of as thermoplastic.
Re: Burns traffolyte pickguard
Posted:
07 Aug 2022, 17:46
by Billyboygretsch
Heat will flatten it on a temporary basis but likely to return. I think it’s caused by the laminate shrinking at different rates
Re: Burns traffolyte pickguard
Posted:
07 Aug 2022, 20:34
by harrybob
Hmmm I think I’ll leave alone, hopefully as it’s 27 years old it won’t get any worse now - fingers crossed.
Thanks for your input guys
Re: Burns traffolyte pickguard
Posted:
09 Aug 2022, 08:56
by Billyboygretsch
Perhaps Eddie Cross might be able to make another - good luck
Re: Burns traffolyte pickguard
Posted:
18 Aug 2022, 19:21
by harrybob
It would seem he’s no longer making them
Re: Burns traffolyte pickguard
Posted:
19 Aug 2022, 15:53
by TIM-W
remove the pickguard from the guitar and remove pickups and controls.
get two pieces of plain furniture board ,big enough to cover the pickguard.
place the guard in a bowl of "warm" water for a few minutes to soften it,
lay the guard on one piece of board and lay the other board on top.
place a weight on top and leave to cool, that should do the trick.
I have a 1965 Marvin( from new) and a reissue Bison and have used this method on both
with great success.
It was Barry Gibson who told me how to do it.
Best of luck.
Re: Burns traffolyte pickguard
Posted:
26 Aug 2022, 18:30
by harrybob
Thanks very much, I’ll give it a go
Re: Burns traffolyte pickguard
Posted:
27 Aug 2022, 08:57
by harrybob
Sorry I tried it with what I would call warm water but it seemed to have no effect. Should it be hot water ?
Thanks
Alun
Re: Burns traffolyte pickguard
Posted:
28 Aug 2022, 10:41
by TIM-W
the water needs to be hot enough to soften the pickguard so that it just becomes floppy.