Beigeing, ecruing or elephanting finish

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The cat was out of the bag when I said "fake" a few posts ago.
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Post by steve_hershberger »

Well, it DOES look fake to me, but I gave the benefit of the doubt because I know Wim doesn't like that yellowed binding.

Besides, I've known/seen "jobs" almost exactly like that in the past too. They fall into the "what were you thinking?" category. ;-)

Now my only question is: Was that a Photoshop job or is that some White-Out smeared on the binding?
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so it's a fakenbacker?
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I sure as hell didn't smear anything on my beloved guitar ;)
It's a (bad) photoshop job.
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My first impression was "white out." But neither paint nor scraping looks quite like that...
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Heart rate now back down to normal......... Crikey, Wim... you sure know how to frighten the c**p out of a guy!!
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Actually, I was referring to "unhappy next year".
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