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Nice work Kevin. I love vintage tuners and toasters. That's my favourite Rickenbacker colour too........... Although technically black is defined as the absence of light and therefore the absence of colour.

Kevin i have always been a fan of your posts and i love the step by step photo stories that are informative and great to read.sometimes you gotta just sit back and enjoy the beauty thats there.Congrats on your new 360 mate.Yes and thats rain on the deck chair what else did you expect sunshine?

Brian,
The most easily made mistake is to relate the concept of dark being the absence of light. This is correct, yet understand that in complete dark (the absence of light) our eyes could not perceive white or black simply because no light is present to be reflected off a "white" or "black" object and be received by our eyes.

In respect to this it would be possible to create 100% black only with a surface containing all colors; this being the only way to prevent any color from being reflected back to the beholder. For the eye to perceive an object as white, the object must reflect all colors (or close to). A surface capable of reflecting all colors must be void in color itself, any color would hinder all color light to be reflected and thus would not create white perceived by our eyes.

...........and that's why I love black. You can't see it in the dark.

winston wrote:...........and that's why I love black. You can't see it in the dark.

... but I can't see anything in the dark.

with so few words i could turn this bad Im going to be good

luv ya too Numpty.

scotty wrote:with so few words i could turn this bad Im going to be good

Why start now?

whojamfan wrote:

scotty wrote:with so few words i could turn this bad Im going to be good

Why start now?

Ive surpassed my cheeky post quota today

scotty wrote:

whojamfan wrote:

scotty wrote:with so few words i could turn this bad Im going to be good

Why start now?

Ive surpassed my cheeky post quota today

Post quota? Are you freakin' kiddin' me!?!

Thanks for those Pics scotty.
Those toasters with the 60's style fretboard markers looks awesome.
It could rain all day on that 'parade' it it would still look too cool for school......

So here's where I'am at now doing open Rick surgery on the High gains getting them ready for toaster top covers:

I've got the pickups off, pads removed, and the pole pieces out...On to the bench ...Off with their heads

Ok scotty, now about those vintage knobs ...you've got me thinkin' I may try a set of those too

Nice step by step you give us Kevin, always a pleasure!

Kevin theres something strange about that last pic,maybe cause im watching Red Dragon but i cant help look at your pic and think there is some sickening butchery going on and the clue to saving the guitar is in the picture but only a forensic would "pickup"on

I was wondering if you would upgrade when the FWIs came out Kevin. Inspirational posts, cheers

godber wrote:I was wondering if you would upgrade when the FWIs came out Kevin. Inspirational posts, cheers

Did I miss something ...What are the FWIs?