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Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 9:44 am
by teeder
"did the original fretboad have a lacquered or varnished finish then?"
Yes.
"Given that the frets look almost new (not in keeping with wear noted above) that I guess that it's a possibility on the varnish?"
Could be that it was re-fretted. Would explain why there isn't any finish and new looking frets.
Peter,
That 4001 is beautiful!
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 9:47 am
by teeder
Kevin,
You do need a MG!
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 10:18 am
by leftyguitars
Kevin, the 4001 is a "30 years under the bed" mint '71 21 fretter!
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 10:51 am
by teeder
You're killing me man! It's got everything!
That would make me want to start playing left-handed!
You don't have any like that in right-handed do you?
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 11:34 am
by leftyguitars
Kevin, I did have a right handed one identical to this but I had no use for it so I burnt it on the fire one cold winter!
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 11:35 am
by leftyguitars
Not really!
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 11:44 am
by sowhat
Not really cold or not really winter?! Or not identical? Or you didn't burn it? Or you didn't really have it?..
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 4:35 pm
by johnallg
Sheena, I'd guess yes.
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 5:41 pm
by ben_brown
I can almost feel the heat from here!
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 8:13 pm
by leftyguitars
"Not really" to all of them!
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 8:38 pm
by sowhat
[sigh of relief]
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 12:25 am
by henny
Er... why do you ask?
Hehe, my father was tempted by it a month or so ago, we went up to Leeds to try it... sounded pretty good. There's not *too* many lefty V63s in the UK, you see.
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 12:42 am
by leftyguitars
Musicground is the only shop in the UK where you might actually find something nice like that hanging on the wall.
Of course Ricsrus has the best overall supply of Rics in the world!
(my personal opinion and not officially researched!
).
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 1:41 am
by funksterman
Uh, OK Mark. Why did he not go for it? (obviously I'm very glad he didn't!) I tried to negotiate on the price but they weren't having it. Though from what Peter has said it was a good deal anyway.
I saw a blue 4003 - gold hardware - very nice lefty in the Bass Cellar (which is now Musicground in Denmark st) August last year - chickened out of buying it.
Turned out it was sold to Mick Jagger for his son when I enquired about it's whereabouts. That's when they dug out the v63. No regrets here though!
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 3:33 am
by teeder
Well Peter,
If you ever run across some more right-handed firewood, you just give me a yell! It gets cold in Pennsylvania too!
Kevin