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Shooting gold on a 69

tonar8353

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Oct 16, 2007
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I'm doing a top finish only on this 69 that showed up with the original finish sanded off. It looks pretty good in gold.
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Here it is with the gold and the first coat of clear.
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After the binding is scraped and now comes the fun part of matching the binding color to the rest of the aged binding.
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J.D.

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May 24, 2006
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Why not plug the Nashville TOM insert holes and install an ABR-1 with posts? What are those two extra holes for between the bridge holes?
 

djd100

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Mar 8, 2007
Messages
235
Agreed!

Maybe it's bridge had piezo saddles?

Why not plug the Nashville TOM insert holes and install an ABR-1 with posts? What are those two extra holes for between the bridge holes?
 
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