Hello !
Last weekend I visited an old friend of mine who now lives on Mallorca (spanish island in the mediterrainean sea). I knew he had a 450/12, always asked him to sell it to me, but he wanted to keep it - very wise ! But this time I brought a new set of RIC strings with me. He got it out of the case - and it was not in very good condition, he didn't play it for at least 15 years, the hardware was quite tarnished So we disassembled evrything, tuners, bridge etc. polished, polished polished and brought back the baby to shine again ! This guitar is now 43 years old and it still looks amazing, everything worked and when we finally plugged it in his old AC 30 I can't tell you how satisfying this day was, even the fact that he doesn't want to sell it ..I'm happy with him that the guitar is alive again. Here is a slideshow of a few pics , enjoy
http://s232.photobucket.com/albums/ee27 ... =slideshow
Beautiful 1965 450/12
Re: Beautiful 1965 450/12
Glad to hear the guitar is back in service. I hope its owner will be inspired to play it more.
JimK
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Re: Beautiful 1965 450/12
Very nice !
You guys did a good job on polishing the hardware on that headstock... What a beauty.
Rich
You guys did a good job on polishing the hardware on that headstock... What a beauty.
Rich
Re: Beautiful 1965 450/12
Alex,
Great pix!! I have a '66 that looks just like it. My understanding is that there are not many 450-12 MG's out there. Is this true?
Since I am a computer Luddite, can someone explain how to send photos to the Forum?
Help...
Janglyman
Great pix!! I have a '66 that looks just like it. My understanding is that there are not many 450-12 MG's out there. Is this true?
Since I am a computer Luddite, can someone explain how to send photos to the Forum?
Help...
Janglyman
Re: Beautiful 1965 450/12
Russel, I haven't posted pics here directly yet, so maybe somebody else can help. But if you registrate to photobucket everything is quite easy, the handling is quite intuitive, copy and paiste in - no problem ! I 'm looking forward to seeing yours !
Can anybody help how many were built these days ? My friend as well said that there are not too many around.
Can anybody help how many were built these days ? My friend as well said that there are not too many around.