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    50's wiring harness recommendations

    Is Creamtone still around?
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    Is this a cheap refinish on my Les Paul Traditional?

    Anything is possible. Depends on how much money you want to invest.
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    Current Best Switch Ring Maker?

    Strangely, I ordered a couple of these “vintage forge” ones from Amazon and they turned out to be really good. Proper font and really good colour. Comparable to my CreamTone ones for sure. Cheap too. Vintage Forge Cream with Gold Rhythm Treble Switch Washer Toggle Ring Plate Compatible with...
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    Is this a cheap refinish on my Les Paul Traditional?

    That isn’t a very good refinish. Drawn on wood grain or not, I see brush strokes. It’s not good, sorry.
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    May not be a Gibson, but it’s something I like

    That looks great! Much better than my first guitar. Learn to fix and work on it and you’ll save money on repairs in the future. Keep rockin and workin. Cheers!
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    Shipped without a box!

    My Rickenbacker 360 was shipped to me like that from the seller on the other side of the country. I freaked out when it arrived, called the seller, he thought nothing of it and thought the hardshell case was perfectly reasonable as packaging. The guitar was fine, as was the case. Still freaky...
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    Creamtone website disappeared?

    You never know? I thought maybe I needed one of these “volute” covers, maybe even a guitar with a volute?
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    Creamtone website disappeared?

    What is a “volute cover”, I’ve not heard of this before. Thanks.
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    NGD - Gibson Multi-tool

    Those multi tools are great! I have 16 of them, it’s so cool that they come with a guitar, a case and microfibre cloth to keep it clean. Colour selection would be nice as all of mine are black, but quality control on them is great and the tools seem sturdy and haven’t stripped or worn at all...
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    hi ladies, gentlemen, which model is this?

    That is a Gibson Explorer. Very nice.
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    NGD (yesterday): 2020 Light Aged Murphy Lab '58 LP

    It’s beautiful, but my OCD would want me to touch up all the dings and paint damage. It sucks that I can’t ever own a reliced guitar, it really does.
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    Brand new Custom with super collapsed bridge

    I hope they don’t send you and ABR-1 to replace a Nashville bridge. The two aren’t compatible. They should know what you need as they did build the guitar, but you never know. Good luck!
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    Ladies & Gents, did I get a fake Warren Haynes ES-335?

    Looks legit and from my recollection they were numbered/serial number written on headstock, as the last step AFTER finishing. So the number would be on top of the lacquer. I remember specifically reading this somewhere, of course I can’t find that now. Looks good to me.
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    Replacing Potentiometers

    CTS A500K pots are what I have installed in every humbucker guitar I own. They’re reliable. I generally use some sort of paper in oil capacitor, the value of these makes more of a tone difference than the pots. There are so many things to add or change within the guitar’s harness. Are you good...
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    335 toggle switch is stiff or sticking

    A dab of Vaseline on the end of a Q-tip and applied to the little black plastic piece under the switch mechanism. You might be able to do this with an inspection mirror/flashlight and a steady hand.
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