WORST faded, smoke-discolored, finishes you've found/seen

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Post by my bloody television » Thu Mar 22, 2012 7:28 am

oh my god :? :? :?
Bloke on the water wrote:Here's a 67 Ice Blue, gone bottle green, Jag I sold a couple of years back.
Wierd orig black tolex case on this one. It was very thick/deep. At least 50% more than standard. Wish I still had a pic. Enjoy.
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Post by Bloke on the water » Thu Mar 22, 2012 7:57 am

my bloody television wrote:oh my god
Bloke on the water wrote:Here's a 67 Ice Blue, gone bottle green, Jag I sold a couple of years back.
Wierd orig black tolex case on this one. It was very thick/deep. At least 50% more than standard. Wish I still had a pic. Enjoy.
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Post by Jazzprod » Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:19 pm

XF6YH wrote:If I saw THAT in my local shop I'd be all over it. Did you try it out? The most interesting thing about it is that the humbucker is tilted, which people don't think to do when they put humbuckers in these. Wonder how it would affect the tone?
No, didn't go and saw it in person. Might do though.. :)

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Post by antisymmetric » Fri Mar 23, 2012 12:44 am

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That looks amazing- it looks to have a mile-deep, 3-D look to it (at least the pic makes it look that way). 8)
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Post by Andreas N » Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:13 am

This one from the first post is so frickin cool.

I'd almost sell my picking hand to have it

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Post by Hoops » Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:18 am

Well if your hand is worth $7000 then hack away my friend

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Post by Andreas N » Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:20 am

I really doubt anyone would pay that for my hand, it's pretty crappy.

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Post by Vintage_DWARF » Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:42 pm

+ 1 on the blue JM :w00t: !!! Looks amazing - also the way the pickguard has faded. I guess a gold anodized pickguard would also suit very well on a sonic blue JM...

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Post by Raycharles » Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:23 pm

Can I assume the pink ones started as CAR? Haha thats kind of unfortunate.

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Post by slirak » Fri Mar 30, 2012 1:11 pm

Jazzprod wrote:A Mustang in a local shop:
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So, did you buy it?

Or anyone else around here?

Had my eyes on it for a few weeks before your post (I live in Stockholm Sweden, that's where it was) but when I finally decided to buy it, it was gone. Not that I'm all that sad about missing out on it, made me buy this gorgeous all original Dakota Red instead, for the same money. But still. 8)

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Post by Andreas N » Sat Mar 31, 2012 10:12 am

I was gonna buy that one but sadly I was too late. :(

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Post by slirak » Sat Mar 31, 2012 10:49 am

Andreas N wrote:I was gonna buy that one but sadly I was too late.
You and me both then! Not much comfort perhaps, but I really like the original bridge pickup, especially when coupled with the neck pup out of phase, so the one I got instead probably sounds better. But, boy, does it look cool!

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Post by terminalvertigo » Sat Mar 31, 2012 12:08 pm

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Post by Andreas N » Sun Apr 01, 2012 5:24 am

slirak wrote:
Andreas N wrote:I was gonna buy that one but sadly I was too late.
You and me both then! Not much comfort perhaps, but I really like the original bridge pickup, especially when coupled with the neck pup out of phase, so the one I got instead probably sounds better. But, boy, does it look cool!


Yeah it looks awesome.
have you tried the white '63 jag they have in there now?
It looks pretty cool but I don't have any possibility to go try it out.

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Post by slirak » Sun Apr 01, 2012 1:08 pm

Andreas N wrote:
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Andreas N wrote:I was gonna buy that one but sadly I was too late.
You and me both then! Not much comfort perhaps, but I really like the original bridge pickup, especially when coupled with the neck pup out of phase, so the one I got instead probably sounds better. But, boy, does it look cool!


Yeah it looks awesome.
have you tried the white '63 jag they have in there now?
It looks pretty cool but I don't have any possibility to go try it out.
The "crazy deal"? Yeah, tried it for a couple of minutes, but I don't know enough about Jags to say if it's a good one. And it wasn't set up when I tried it. Bought a 1963 JM there though and the guy in the store set it up beautifully for me. He knows his offsets.

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