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I was just thinking to myself. Why not buy a mid sixties 330/12 for say $3k - $4k and then have it double bound with an aged white binding and sell it for $25k? Would that be ethical? Image
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I don't see a problem with it.

Don't forget to change the jackplate to ric-o-sound!
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I've done a half-dozen of these...

NOT!!!

This, carried to one logical conclusion, would see mid-sixties ROS jackplates selling for $5K...
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And cut an f-hole...
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I do not advise altering an all original vintage guitar in good to mint condition.

I would also not alter a guitar that only needs a neck reset or has finish rash in small areas.

If the guitar is solid but has had some parts stolen from it I would try to find parts to put the guitar back to original.

If the guitar has any major damage that would require say a new neck then the guitar is game for a custom project.
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If a somber note is interjected into a light-hearted and ironic dialogue and no smilies are present, what are we to make of this?
“I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, 'The Beatles did.”
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Ahh! Emoticon, stat!
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Don't forget all those nice sparkly CP inlays! Image
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My light-hearted dialogue regards vintage guitars only.

Knock yourself out with new guitars.
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Gives new meaning to the term "short scale"...
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Good point Jeff - I'd forgotten about those sparklers ! Hey - but that would make it even rarer....$30k Image
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Talk about "short scale", how about this?
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A Mandobacker!
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...or a Ricolin. Image

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