Walnut VS Monte Brown

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Re: Walnut VS Monte Brown

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scotty wrote:
collin wrote:I'm down with brown. 8)
I dont know why but thats hilarious. :lol:

Maybe because you have been on the best Malt????? :lol: :lol:
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Guitar - made out of wood.
Brown seems like a natural!
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I like Monte Brown, a lot. Last year saw a few Monte Brown models, the Japanese 310 short-scales and Craig's one-off 1998 reissue.

Imagine if the 360/12C63 had been produced in Monte Brown?
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Yep--it would have looked something like this, minus one pickup, plus six strings:

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...or this with a cat's eye and slightly slimmer headstock?

http://www.rickresource.com/rrp/1993SPC.html

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MB has been sprayed in the factory recently and maybe if C63's were on the line at the time...experimental matrimony?
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Oh, Holy Cr@p! That's beautiful.
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And heres WALNUT circa 1969....
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That looks really nice, John! :D
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Just curious but is there a way you can gloss up an Autumnglo easily without a refinish or shooting it with a gloss overcoat? And would it then look like Walnut?
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IHeartRics wrote:Just curious but is there a way you can gloss up an Autumnglo easily without a refinish or shooting it with a gloss overcoat? And would it then look like Walnut?
I had it done to an Alembic that was a matte finish...my luthier put it to a buffer, and it came out looking like brand new!
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I did some comparison shots a few years ago myself...
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Yup. Flash will do that.
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jingle_jangle wrote:Yup. Flash will do that.
Also leaves a fresh smell too...
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That '69 WAL is cool beans...
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Here is the BEFORE & AFTER, Matte vs GLOSS!
BEFORE BUFFING, ORIGINAL MATTE FINISH.
BEFORE BUFFING, ORIGINAL MATTE FINISH.
AFTER BUFFING, SAME BASS.
AFTER BUFFING, SAME BASS.
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