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Yeah, that's exactly what it looks like to me too. It belonged to this young guy from Connecticut, it was his first guitar (nice to be rich). He probably got stoned as a kid and tried to replicate pick wear. Funny, I traded a case queen Traditional (barely a scratch on the thing and it had a much fl...

Right? It makes no sense. I'll try steaming it and report back.

Hi Peter, thanks for the reply. It’s all below the surface, “scratched” in without actually scratching the lacquer. It’s like he did it with a burnishing tool or something.

Hey y'alls! It's been a while. I recently picked up a 2008 Les Paul Standard, and it looks like the previous owner tried to simulate Pete Townsendian pick wear on it at some stage. Bad idea, executed badly. Why? Why?! The question is, what would you do? I don’t want it to be invisible, just less obv...