kharrison
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I posted a pic of mine on the first page.Only ONE PHOTO of a REFINISHED bird in the last three pages of this thread.
Photo's or it didn't happen...
I posted a pic of mine on the first page.Only ONE PHOTO of a REFINISHED bird in the last three pages of this thread.
Photo's or it didn't happen...
I posted a pic of mine on the first page.
Here I am right now:
One word: HOT
Here I am right now:
One word: HOT
Thanks man! Here are some more pics. I was lucky enough to buy a huge lot of .022, .033 and .027 capacitors that had never been used from someone who has worked at the CD plant in New Bedford, MA last week.
I aged all the screws and the tuners. The pickup was used and the bridge is old, so I didn't touch those. I used the bridge as a guide to how far to go with the aging.
I was going to add some dings, but if I know myself it will have a few real ones in about three weeks after I start using it
Like I said, a lot of people here are probably more into authenticity than I am, but for a low cost refinish job I'm really happy so far.
Is that Gibson truss cover the same hole spacing as the Epi's?Here's mine pre refinish.
Here I am right now:
I used an old wrap around from the 60s, aged the tuners and knobs and added some NOS CTS pots along with a .027 Cornell Dublier cap and a Lollar Firebird pickup (I had to drill out the Epiphone ring for it to fit. I bought it used if you go new buy Lollar's ring).
The last thing I'm waiting for are new dots for the neck. The Epi dots don't look right to me.
I got mine just to play slide on for one tour this spring. I mainly wanted something that would look cool and I didn't want to spend much money because I don't play slide all that much. I have about $100-$125 into this one and am pretty happy with it so far.
Is that Gibson truss cover the same hole spacing as the Epi's?
The red refin is very nice!
Got my tracking order from Sweetwater this afternoon. Shouldn't be much longer now.
Is that Gibson truss cover the same hole spacing as the Epi's?
Great! Do you remember what date you ordered yours?
Strange I just called Sweetwater since I was told my order was in the first shipment, and he told me they still haven't received any yet?Indeed I do. I ordered on or around Sept 6.
Strange I just called Sweetwater since I was told my order was in the first shipment, and he told me they still haven't received any yet?
Is yours a Gold FB1 or Sunburst?Well, that's a headscratcher.
I'm going to guess and say Mid-70's cause the racks the guitars are in are not the same as the ones used in the 50's & 60's. Those were wood rack then. The woman with the 3-pickup LP in the back looks to have a fancier type block inlay like the Artisan's had.
The Firebird however looks like it has a white finish or some other lighter colour. You can see some reflections in a few spots that only a finished guitar would have, so the laminations would not show in that case.. but the `76 Firebird did not have the 9-ply laminations like most of the Sixties Firebird's had..