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Weird finish?
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 3:33 am
by daytripper1964
My friend recently sent me this photo of this guitar he was gonna buy. I couldn't help but notice the weird finish this had. Does anyone know if this is a custom finish or a refinish (what I'm thinking)
Re: Weird finish?
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 3:37 am
by kiramdear
Definitely not factory, I think it's safe to say. Looks interesting though, kind of reminds me of the tiger stripe 381 that Paul w did recently.
Re: Weird finish?
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:24 am
by jfine
That's a weird finish all right! It looks like someone took a white 620 (they came with black trim in the '80's) and painted it gray with a broom! Reminds me of a blues tune I used to do years ago--don't know who wrote it; it wasn't me:
I got a '57 Chevrolet, painted it green with a broom...
I got a '57 Chevrolet, painted it green with a broom...
The motor don't run, but the back seat sure got a lotta room!
Re: Weird finish?
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:53 am
by weemac
That is one of those rareish silver ones with severe checking!
emac.
Re: Weird finish?
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:49 am
by antipodean
weemac wrote:That is one of those rareish silver ones with severe checking!
emac.
Either that or a White with Black Trim that has really been through the wringer, with severe checking....
Re: Weird finish?
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 2:37 pm
by badeggs
Nasty mark on the headstock - bad reaction to a wall hanger? Or just a fault in the photograph?
Re: Weird finish?
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 2:41 pm
by blueflamerick
Looks like a badly checked Silver to me.
Re: Weird finish?
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 3:08 pm
by kennyhowes
blueflamerick wrote:Looks like a badly checked Silver to me.
+3.
Re: Weird finish?
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:29 pm
by antipodean
It hurts my brain to try and imagine how that egregious amount of checking was actually achieved......
Re: Weird finish?
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:39 pm
by weemac
antipodean wrote:It hurts my brain to try and imagine how that egregious amount of checking was actually achieved......
It can be done! In the early 90s I saw a 610/12 at Downtown guitars that was new, and had this issue, in saying that they had a good price on it.
I actually like the look of this crazed silver beastie......
Eden.
Weird finish?
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:32 pm
by 8mileshigher
jfine wrote: It looks like someone took a white 620 (they came with black trim in the '80's)
I didn't know they did a lot of Black Bindings on 620 in the 1980s... learn something new about Rics all the time.
I kind of like the interesting wood grain finish job on this one.... definitely different.
Re: Weird finish?
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:45 pm
by sloop_john_b
8mileshigher wrote:jfine wrote: It looks like someone took a white 620 (they came with black trim in the '80's)
I didn't know they did a lot of Black Bindings on 620 in the 1980s... learn something new about Rics all the time.
I kind of like the interesting wood grain finish job on this one.... definitely different.
From 1985 (or so) on, every Rick finish came standard with black trim except Fireglo and Jetglo.