DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SHINY AND NEW...

Exceptional restoration is in the details

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collin wrote:
doctorwho wrote:"leave-alone-storation" ... :roll:

They have a fancy work for that....it's called preservation. :lol:

they also have a fancy WORD for the word "WORD".....iPhone can make us all look slightly stooopid. :oops: :lol:




ps...Paul, well done--- nice preservation work, I love them rough around the edges, but great players!
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collin wrote:
doctorwho wrote:"leave-alone-storation" ... :roll:

They have a fancy work for that....it's called preservation. :lol:
You intellectuals with yer fancy-shmancy words! :twisted:
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Sweet!
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Yes, very nice work indeed!
8) 8) 8)
I have NO idea what to do with those skinny stringed things... I'm just a bass player...
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Just thought I'd give you an update on this one. I've had it back for a couple of months now and it has never played as sweetly as it does now.

I no longer feel like my fingers have been dipped in tar when venturing below the 12th fret. It now compares favourably in playability to my Gretsch 6119, which has the easiest/fasest playing neck of any guitar I've owned.

Thanks again to Paul W for getting it back to being the great player I bought years ago.

PS: Paul, I haven't scuffed up the back as yet, but I have broken a bit more binding off the neck!
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A pleasure and a challenge, Rod.

I'm using a different term for a partial restoration that is sympathetic of the age and wear patterns of the instrument.

Instead of a "restoration", I've been calling this a "recommissioning", which means getting something old but serviceable, ready for service once again.

Your Rick is a beauty with heart. I'm glad it's making you smile.
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Great 365! The colour is really wonderfully dark! 8)
gareth wrote:We have word for a restoration that keeps, re-uses, and generally rehabilitates a Harley rather than replacing older parts with newer ones.
I'm glad Ricks are not like horrible Harleys with their ****** quality :lol:
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