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I just bought an '02 4003 JG for an unbelievable price at GC (helps to have friends who work there) It was pretty beat up and dirty when I got it. So I took all the advice that I had seen from pauls posts and took it upon myself to clean her up. With the advice Paul has laid out in his posts (this is my first try and belive me if I can do than ANYONE can! a tribute to Pauls instructional skills!)I was able to get her back into really good condition and I absolutely love it!! Thanks Paul you Rock!! here are some pics, i already posted a few in the basses section but I also wanted to post them here as well.

Before:My cleaning supplies

Now my After shots

Glad you didn't leave out the Heinecken.

Heineken is best with a ham sandwich on dark rye with horseradish mustard...reward yourself!

... I'll have mine in Amsterdam, too, while we're imagining a lovely moment ...

I have a new respect for Paul know he recommends a cold Heineken as part of the process

The heineken definitely came in handy! lol would there happen to be provolone? Or Swiss on that Sandwich? Ill be playin a show at the Rock-it room on the 25th of this month. it you come on down paul i'll buy yah a few Heinekens! Oh and doctorwho if you see this, thanks for the MAAS suggestion! I had a similar cleaner to it and I used that but nonetheless your method really helped! oh and Johnallageir you were right, the Zymol on the fretboard definitely made the inlays pop!

Wow....... what a great result, David!!

I well remember the first time I attacked one of my Ricks with the PW treatment..... nervous as a cat in a lost dog's home, I was!!

Luckily I had a forumite on hand to guide me through the process but it was still a touchy time. It's second nature now, though..........

Doing it on a Jetglo instrument is an absolute buzz, too, as the results are invariably stunning!!

jingle_jangle wrote:Heineken is best with a ham sandwich on dark rye with horseradish mustard...reward yourself!

Hey Paul! send some of that on dry ice over to me...

DeepandEvil wrote:The heineken definitely came in handy! lol would there happen to be provolone? Or Swiss on that Sandwich?

You're right--I forgot the Swiss, David.

thanks howard! I have another question for Paul though. Now I need to tackle gouges and chips. even though I got a great black shine to it, there are still some grooves left behind by the more severe scratches that are too deep to just rub out. I dont know if you can see the 6 small chips on the binding in one of the pictures but they are on the horn side of the base near the bridge and bridge pickup. what would be the best way of going about fixing the chips and the grooves/gouges?

DeepandEvil wrote:The heineken definitely came in handy! lol would there happen to be provolone? Or Swiss on that Sandwich?

Nah...with a Dutch beer you need Dutch cheese like Edam, or Gouda
JimK

Mmmm, now you're spreken.

kiramdear wrote:Mmmm, now you're spreken.

Ja, goed bier, goed tjees!
JimK

DeepandEvil wrote:thanks howard! I have another question for Paul though. Now I need to tackle gouges and chips. even though I got a great black shine to it, there are still some grooves left behind by the more severe scratches that are too deep to just rub out. I dont know if you can see the 6 small chips on the binding in one of the pictures but they are on the horn side of the base near the bridge and bridge pickup. what would be the best way of going about fixing the chips and the grooves/gouges?

Fill 'em with some Edam, or possibly Gouda...

Seriously, this gets complex, depending upon how deep the scratch is, whether is goes into or through the clearcoat/color coat/wood, how much area it takes up, and so on. Suffice to say that (at least in the case of a JG instrument) it's very difficult if not impossible to effect spot repairs in such a manner that they are unnoticeable once the instrument is polished to a glass-like shine with Swirl-X and Zymol. If you'd still like to attempt it, try searching this site using keywords like "chip" and "scratch repair". There are lots of posts and thousands of words' worth of advice. Otherwise, get used to it or send it off for a pro refinish.

Besides myself, Larry Davis is doing fine work (he's less booked-up than my shop), and JDog is beginning to do pro refinishing, as well.