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teeder wrote: I don't hate it, but I'd worry about the stench.
Now, if it smelled like smoked pork, that would be a different story!

Mmmm...pork! That gives me an idea...

I'll bet if we squirt BBQ sauce all over it we could get my neighbor's dog to do all the cleanup on it for free!

Maybe I will bid!

teeder wrote:Here's the angle shot on my '92 V63.



I think you may be on to something about it being on display, Jeff.

That's how my '93 V63 looks too.

johnallg wrote:

teeder wrote:Here's the angle shot on my '92 V63.



I think you may be on to something about it being on display, Jeff.

That's how my '93 V63 looks too.

+2. Mine is less than half the thickness of the pickguard.

jai_the_bass wrote:Has everyone seen this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/RICKENBACKER-1991-4 ... 2a0a4b15b3

Even allowing for the smoke staining to be genuine, I can't understand why anyone who has a CS bass would have the pickguard sprayed to cover the signature - DOH!!!

We had a member some years back who was in a fairly well known band, (I think he was playing or had played the Lettermen show), and he hated the signature too and I'm pretty sure he had it taken off somehow or other, don't know if he smoked though. Said he wouldn't play one with Squire's (or anyone's) signature on it. Anyone else remember that?

Another candidate for the "all white" treatment!

The bass...but maybe the owners lungs as well...

I'd rescue it. I'm sure that with a bit of TLC and way too much money, it could be made into something quite special.

johnallg wrote:

teeder wrote:Here's the angle shot on my '92 V63.



I think you may be on to something about it being on display, Jeff.

That's how my '93 V63 looks too.

My '68 ditto.

Another candidate for the "all white" treatment!

That's exactly what I was thinking!

rictified wrote:

jai_the_bass wrote:Has everyone seen this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/RICKENBACKER-1991-4 ... 2a0a4b15b3

Even allowing for the smoke staining to be genuine, I can't understand why anyone who has a CS bass would have the pickguard sprayed to cover the signature - DOH!!!

We had a member some years back who was in a fairly well known band, (I think he was playing or had played the Lettermen show), and he hated the signature too and I'm pretty sure he had it taken off somehow or other, don't know if he smoked though. Said he wouldn't play one with Squire's (or anyone's) signature on it. Anyone else remember that?

No disrespect to CS, or to anyone else who has their own signature edition guitar or bass, but I wouldn't want somebody else's signature on my instrument either. It just ain't my thing. Having an instrument that looks like a famous player's...YES; having their signature on my instrument...NO.

I have Glenn Fry's sig on my 2030GF, but I'd rather not. I might remedy that sometime soon!

Nothing a little sandpaper won't remedy!

If I had a CS, I'd swap the guard out, too.

I'd just have Tony at Pickguardian make me a duplicate guard less the sig.

rickaddict wrote: No disrespect to CS, or to anyone else who has their own signature edition guitar or bass, but I wouldn't want somebody else's signature on my instrument either. It just ain't my thing. Having an instrument that looks like a famous player's...YES; having their signature on my instrument...NO.

I have Glenn Fry's sig on my 2030GF, but I'd rather not. I might remedy that sometime soon!

Maybe I badly phrased the criticism. What I meant to question wasn't so much the removal, but rather the method...painting over it I think I'd have just taken the original off & put a replacement in

simer4001 wrote:Remember the old TOPAL commercials? The toothpaste for smokers? The person blows smoke in to a hanky. Thats what this finish looks like. "Imagine what a pack a day, everyday does to your teeth"? If you're smoking a pack a day the last thing you should be worried about is your teeth.

I DO remember those commercials.........

rickaddict wrote:

rictified wrote:

jai_the_bass wrote:Has everyone seen this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/RICKENBACKER-1991-4 ... 2a0a4b15b3

Even allowing for the smoke staining to be genuine, I can't understand why anyone who has a CS bass would have the pickguard sprayed to cover the signature - DOH!!!

We had a member some years back who was in a fairly well known band, (I think he was playing or had played the Lettermen show), and he hated the signature too and I'm pretty sure he had it taken off somehow or other, don't know if he smoked though. Said he wouldn't play one with Squire's (or anyone's) signature on it. Anyone else remember that?

No disrespect to CS, or to anyone else who has their own signature edition guitar or bass, but I wouldn't want somebody else's signature on my instrument either. It just ain't my thing. Having an instrument that looks like a famous player's...YES; having their signature on my instrument...NO.

I have Glenn Fry's sig on my 2030GF, but I'd rather not. I might remedy that sometime soon!

I agree. The only one it seems to work for is Les Paul

weemac wrote:Emphysema-glo. (needs vomit emoticon)

emac.

Now that's funny