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MID in Makerfield...

Fireglo..

About to play, showing off matching guitars.

In the studio with Shabby Tiger.....

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Book cover..

And the moral of this story is never change your strings from the set supplied.
Just buy a new bass.
Ric, of course...

I don't think there's a need for all this conflict and for any ridicule.

The original poster has bought and paid for the guitar and so he can do whatever he likes with his own property..... and it's all good, as long as he gets a result he's personally happy with.

It may very well be that the ...

I would get a replica built rather than have major work done on a pefectly good guitar to try to make it into something else.

No soap in the ones we have.
Just a tiny bit of water and a wipe over the fingerboard, then another wipe to dry the board worked a treat