Weird finish?
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Weird finish?
My friend recently sent me this photo of this guitar he was gonna buy. I couldn't help but notice the weird finish this had. Does anyone know if this is a custom finish or a refinish (what I'm thinking)
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Definitely not factory, I think it's safe to say. Looks interesting though, kind of reminds me of the tiger stripe 381 that Paul w did recently.
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That's a weird finish all right! It looks like someone took a white 620 (they came with black trim in the '80's) and painted it gray with a broom! Reminds me of a blues tune I used to do years ago--don't know who wrote it; it wasn't me:
I got a '57 Chevrolet, painted it green with a broom...
I got a '57 Chevrolet, painted it green with a broom...
The motor don't run, but the back seat sure got a lotta room!
I got a '57 Chevrolet, painted it green with a broom...
I got a '57 Chevrolet, painted it green with a broom...
The motor don't run, but the back seat sure got a lotta room!
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That is one of those rareish silver ones with severe checking!
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I confused Faraday's cage, with Schrodinger's cat box....
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Either that or a White with Black Trim that has really been through the wringer, with severe checking....weemac wrote:That is one of those rareish silver ones with severe checking!
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Nasty mark on the headstock - bad reaction to a wall hanger? Or just a fault in the photograph?
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Looks like a badly checked Silver to me.
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+3.blueflamerick wrote:Looks like a badly checked Silver to me.
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It hurts my brain to try and imagine how that egregious amount of checking was actually achieved......
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It can be done! In the early 90s I saw a 610/12 at Downtown guitars that was new, and had this issue, in saying that they had a good price on it.antipodean wrote:It hurts my brain to try and imagine how that egregious amount of checking was actually achieved......
I actually like the look of this crazed silver beastie......
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Weird finish?
I didn't know they did a lot of Black Bindings on 620 in the 1980s... learn something new about Rics all the time.jfine wrote: It looks like someone took a white 620 (they came with black trim in the '80's)
I kind of like the interesting wood grain finish job on this one.... definitely different.
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From 1985 (or so) on, every Rick finish came standard with black trim except Fireglo and Jetglo.8mileshigher wrote:I didn't know they did a lot of Black Bindings on 620 in the 1980s... learn something new about Rics all the time.jfine wrote: It looks like someone took a white 620 (they came with black trim in the '80's)
I kind of like the interesting wood grain finish job on this one.... definitely different.