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 Post subject: Before/After
PostPosted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:40 pm 
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Before and After pics....actually, I guess it would be after and after after pics, right?...lol

What she looked like when I got her back...

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Here she is after I picked her up today. This is what it looked like back in '76...minus the smudges and 34 years of scuffs.

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Unfortunately, you can tell the pickguard is new. Notice how white the edge is compared to the binding of the guitar. Maybe in another 30+ years it will match...LOL


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 Post subject: Re: Before/After
PostPosted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:54 pm 
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Looks great. The binding on my MPC turned the same color. I read about guys soaking there white replacement vol/tone knobs in coffee to give them an aged look.

How does it sound?

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 Post subject: Re: Before/After
PostPosted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:56 pm 
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slmguy wrote:
Looks great. The binding on my MPC turned the same color. I read about guys soaking there white replacement vol/tone knobs in coffee to give them an aged look.

How does it sound?

Now thats a thought....

Great!! Those are pickups from a busted up LP...at least thats what the guy told me. So I have to go by what he said.


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 Post subject: Re: Before/After
PostPosted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:13 pm 
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8) :love: After all those years she is still a head turner. I am glad she found her way home to you. :up:

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