.Those who read my threads and were patient enough to listen to my meanderings, may recall I ideally wanted a Fireglo 330 or 340 with Accent vibrato hoping to end up with a guitar not too unlike my original that I owned back in the sixties. However, after much deliberation and facing of facts I rapidly concluded my original may have been a bit of a one-off or at least extremely uncommon, shall we say, and I was unlikely to stumble across another quite the same.
Using typical British logic (
) I decided that any Fireglo Rick I bought would always leave me thinking this or that wasn't quite the same as I remembered and it would niggle each time I picked it up - so I've bought a blue one 
and here's a quick photo of it taken today hanging up in the shop. Tricky indoor lighting means the camera may not have got the blue exactly right but on my Mac's screen it's fairly close. If you click on it to enlarge it, that may help. Anyone know what finish this is officially known as?That fifth smaller control knob - the salesman and I both decided it served no really useful purpose at all because when I switched to neck pickup I had to turn it completely in one direction to bring the pickup to life - choose both pickups or bridge and I had to turn it fully the opposite direction to bring those settings to life. Neither of us could fathom its intended purpose as it had such little effect and was a nuisance if wanting to quickly change from the others to the neck on its own mid-playing. Unless it's vital in the electrical arrangement, could we do some rewiring and maybe give it another task - not quite sure what, though.
I'm currently bidding on an as-new Accent vibrato to retro fit as that's an important ingredient in my playing style requirements and as soon as I have it home here tomorrow I'll take some more photos and post a couple if you're interested. Feeling very pleased with myself at the moment!
