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It looks nice from the front and you will probably replicate the wear on the back eventually even if you do buff it out now.
Can I call dibs?
The polishing on the back has helped a lot actually, I'm quite surprised. Will maybe give it one more going over and then leave it. It was pretty messy before though
The fretboard is a bit dry, in fact the whole guitar seems very dry, but in a good way. There is light tarnishing on the metal parts so I'll give it all a good soak and give the frets a rub with a magic cloth
The nibs are a lot smaller than on new Gibsons, are giganto-nibs a new thing?
Suggs walking up your garden path....
I couldn't ever find any info on the internet about how the pickups are mounted on these. For those interested, the brackets would need to be adapted for mini humbuckers. There's a plastic spacer between each pickup and the bracket, presumably to minimise the effect on the magnetic field:
And the hardware is getting a nice bath in some WD40:
@Henrytwang it's had some light use I think, most of the scratches are from it being carried in a loose gig back with the strap attached, and there's some strumming marks. It hadn't been played for quite a few years I'm guessing, the neck relief was way out and the board was very dry, corroded strings
Taking it to a tech soon to have some soapbar HBs fitted (heresy!), didn't fancy drilling through the mounting plates
The plan is to mount these P90s in my 50s tribute and get that guitar up for sale. It's a similar spec (same neck profile and colour) with an aftermarket small pickguard
Glad (and sad!) it's working out for you. Reckon you should leave the P90s in though ..