Censored black box over treble pups?

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Censored black box over treble pups?

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Why do some listers here put black censor boxes over their bridge pups when they show their Rics?
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??? can you give an example of that?
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wim wrote:??? can you give an example of that?
+1 to that. I've never seen such a thing.
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Jared had installed aftermarket magnetic horseshoe pickups which are not blessed by RIC. I think he did a little humorous dig with the "censored" black box in those images. :D
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This is Jared's MO.

Here is a photo of Jared so you can understand where he is coming from.
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Ah the good ol days
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bottom4 wrote:Ah the good ol days

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