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2005 R8 with 1200 gigs on it. All natural wear

brandtkronholm

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Nope. there is no way my 2005 R8 would have done that.
The finish was way too thick and would have never checked or wore like that.
Where is the serial#? have to say faked and finish stripped.View attachment 21045
Mine was HM`ed. View attachment 21046
Even the finish on the older R8/9/0s will eventually check and crack. My 1995 R9 is loaded with weather checking all over the guitar - especially where I made the most contact with it. I don’t think I have any bare wood areas on the guitar with the exception of a tiny chip or two.

The weather checks on my R9 are naturally occurring and earned over many, many gigs - not 1200, but many.
 
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