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Arlo · June 15th, 2007, 12:13 PM

Pine is soft. It dents VERY easily.

However it can be protected very well with Poly which in itself is very protective. But it still will dent quite easily.

I love my Pines and I have a lot of em Strats and Tele's. They are very light and really comfortable for an ol geezer like me. I played a Fender 25th anniversary Stratocaster since 1979 and let me tell you that sucker was like a cinder block!

Pine is still used by lots of guitarists and builders like Glendale.

I have had a pitch/sap problem with only one Pinecaster. Not bad since I have so many.

The biggest negative is the softness. But not all pine is soft. Southern Yellow at least the 100+ year old Tele body I have is nice and firm. All I used on it was a Danish Oil.

I have another Piner that is Eastern and it is soft as heck and only has a Howard's feed n wax finish. It has a nice buckle rash going and it is about 1 year old. It doesn't take a lot to dent this one.

Another one I built using very old 100 year old Eastern Pine and painted with a light coating of re-ranch Fender blonde is insanely soft. I was playing a gig with it and a drunken buddy of mine decided he wanted to sing and knocked a mic over and it left a very ugly mic screen dent.

So everything you have read above is true and yet people still like to build with it. Including Fender!

June 15th, 2007, 12:13 PM	#13 (permalink)
Arlo Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Maine [in a van down by the river] Age: 50 Posts: 2,261	Pine is soft. It dents VERY easily. However it can be protected very well with Poly which in itself is very protective. But it still will dent quite easily. I love my Pines and I have a lot of em Strats and Tele's. They are very light and really comfortable for an ol geezer like me. I played a Fender 25th anniversary Stratocaster since 1979 and let me tell you that sucker was like a cinder block! Pine is still used by lots of guitarists and builders like Glendale. I have had a pitch/sap problem with only one Pinecaster. Not bad since I have so many. The biggest negative is the softness. But not all pine is soft. Southern Yellow at least the 100+ year old Tele body I have is nice and firm. All I used on it was a Danish Oil. I have another Piner that is Eastern and it is soft as heck and only has a Howard's feed n wax finish. It has a nice buckle rash going and it is about 1 year old. It doesn't take a lot to dent this one. Another one I built using very old 100 year old Eastern Pine and painted with a light coating of re-ranch Fender blonde is insanely soft. I was playing a gig with it and a drunken buddy of mine decided he wanted to sing and knocked a mic over and it left a very ugly mic screen dent. So everything you have read above is true and yet people still like to build with it. Including Fender! __________________ My music? It is free for my friends. Last edited by Arlo; June 15th, 2007 at 12:45 PM.