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Well...here's a condundrum...what to do? (Vintage JayDee content)

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  • Gig with the guitar *as is*. Twenty years from now, somebody could start a Please Identify This Guitar thread.
    You say, atom bomb. I say, tin of corned beef.
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  • robgilmorobgilmo Frets: 3463
    Surely the obvious body alteration just adds to its history and story? It might not be as valuable in monetary terms but is it more valuable historically? 
    A Deuce , a Tele and a cup of tea.
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  • The economics of a thorough restoration are likely to outweigh the sum of money that H7 paid to acquire this guitar. ;)
    You say, atom bomb. I say, tin of corned beef.
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 72376
    I do quite like the idea of stripping it back and revealing the alteration, but I don't think I could live with the horrendously misaligned tailpiece - that would have to be refitted correctly at the very least.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein

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  • Stock tFB modification suggestion - fit a Bigsby. 
    You say, atom bomb. I say, tin of corned beef.
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  • ICBM said:

    I don't think I could live with the horrendously misaligned tailpiece - that would have to be refitted correctly at the very least.
    Yup, that’s definitely on the radar!


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  • spark240spark240 Frets: 2084
    edited September 2018
    @HarrySeven ..err...as if you have time to do anything with it !...just give it to Milo to chew on and see how it turns out 


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  • WezVWezV Frets: 16686
    it’s probably worth selling the tuners seperately.  Keep the dimarzios in it though 
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  • spark240 said:
    @HarrySeven ..err...As if you have time to do anything with it!
    Cheek! ;)

    May I draw your attention to this?


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  • Stock tFB modification suggestion - fit a Floyd Rose.
    FTFY :D
    Too much gain... is just about enough \m/

    I'm probably the only member of this forum mentioned by name in Whiskey in the Jar ;)

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  • Stock tFB modification suggestion - fit a Floyd Rose.
    FTFY :D
    I think not, sir.

    H7 is pledged to the eradication of Floyd Rose type double locking vibrato systems from his hoard.
    You say, atom bomb. I say, tin of corned beef.
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  • GassageGassage Frets: 30926
    Have you checked Jaydee’s Warranty period? Might still be covered.

    *An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.

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  • I wasn't being entirely serious, @Funkfingers... or serious at all, in fact ;)
    Too much gain... is just about enough \m/

    I'm probably the only member of this forum mentioned by name in Whiskey in the Jar ;)

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