DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH!
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:18 am
Get a load of this!
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Re: DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH!
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:37 am
3 dot markers past the 12th fret....circa 1971-early 1972..? Pre skunk stripe, obvoiusly.....hmmm....
Re: DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH!
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:40 am
Tony you are a RIC magnet how do they find you. LOL! I can't wait to see it finished.
Re: DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH!
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:56 am
Hi Ted, I dunno. I guess I have a nose for these things...or just dumb luck!
The finish will be a red hot Fireglo! Oooooh, I can hardly wait!!!
The finish will be a red hot Fireglo! Oooooh, I can hardly wait!!!
Re: DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH!
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:04 am
What the heck is all over it? Looks like dirt hanging off it.
Did you unearth it from the back yard ?
Why cant I find something like that?
Did you unearth it from the back yard ?
Why cant I find something like that?
Re: DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH!
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:06 am
Believe it or not, somebody actually painted it BLACK!!!
Re: DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH!
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:39 am
Its great! Bet its going to look nice when your done. Did you strip it? Or did someone else start on it before you got it?
Re: DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH!
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:21 am
It was re-finished when I got it. I had no idea what was hiding under the paint.
Re: DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH!
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:44 am
Ouch! But I bet it'll look great with a bit of work!
Re: DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH!
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:45 am
That is nasty looking right now but I bet it cleans up real nice! Nice find!
Re: DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH!
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:47 am
Yeah, that can be a problem...I wish I had that problem!opticnerve wrote:I guess I have a nose for these things...or just dumb luck!
Re: DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH!
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:49 am
+1,000,000...rickenbrother wrote:Yeah, that can be a problem...I wish I had that problem!opticnerve wrote:I guess I have a nose for these things...or just dumb luck!
Re: DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH!
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 12:31 pm
Ahh! Well...... Keep scrubbin' buddy.....If you get bored hand sanding,.. just ship to me, Ill spend hours sanding that baby, When finished, Ill be sure to get it right back to you!!!opticnerve wrote:It was re-finished when I got it. I had no idea what was hiding under the paint.
Re: DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH!
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 12:36 pm
Flame AND Bird's Eye????
DROOL.........
Unfathomable how anyone could have Jetglo'd over that wood.
DROOL.........
Unfathomable how anyone could have Jetglo'd over that wood.
Re: DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH!
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 12:50 pm
Man - when you zoom in on that top photo you can really see how crazy that Bird's Eye is!