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Well...
that's how it was yesterday seems so far away :

That's how it was yesterday came (almost) suddenly :

But, back then, it was only a northern song - my first ticket to ride, really. A whiter shade of pale which gradually went the blue jay way - by way of the yellow submarine.
Not enough inner light perhaps. Then, a day in the life, as all things must pass, I saw the light and wondered if I really had to carry that weight... Although Uncle Albert, Dear Prudence and Maggie Mae were quite adamant about such a revolution, they finally came through the bathroom window and agreed that something had to be done for the norwegian wood. So, one after 909, that old brown shoe of I, me, mine was sent to Dr. Robert. His blackbirds and little piggies had a hard day's night, here, there and everywhere, eight days a week. But with a little help from my friends, it was obviously getting better.

Any advice about how it could be tomorrow never knows ? , , .

axel

Got the JA CD ....thanks ,and what do I need to do 4 U?

Very clever you are indeed.

Axel: I would have Let It Be, Because, Fixin A Hole, is Something, This Boy doesn't do. Don't Think For Yourself, Run For Your Life, call Polythene Pam, the Boys and Dear Prudence Arnquist. It Won't Be Long now, spend some Money so you know What Your Doing and get the Help you need. I Will, Wait, while Things We Said Today Come Together and We Can Work It Out. Goodnight.

Mark :
you need to do nothing for me - enjoy the music : these boots are made for walking.

I believe this guitar is going to end up natural as the wood is ok for me. The tone pots will be used as progressive splits for the mini-buckers ; volumes, 5th knob and switch will remain stock, fretboard finish and black bindings too (but all pots go to 500k).
btw1: I put heavy gauge strings on my 620 -D'Addario Jazz .12-.52, wound .24- it brings the best out of it and also prevents my string-bending reflex/habit/mania - is it ok or too heavy for the 620?
btw2: did you take a peek at the site I mentionned earlier (and/or did you know it's existence before) ?
axel

Peter :
I take it you think I should have kept it yellow - am I right ?
I liked it yello (well,almost) but the finish was getting real sticky and I couldn't play longer than 15 minutes before having to clean the bloody back of the neck - I'm playing three to four hours a day!
When I first saw it stripped this morning it felt like I'd just gotten myself a new guitar - the one I should have bought ten years ago probably. It's also a matter of feeling - I'm not the kid I used to be and the 10 years period attached to that white-turned-yellow is gone - and I'm damn' happy about that!

axel, what year is your guitar?? It looks as though it had yellowed every bit as much as the 'Canary Yellow' 4001LH talked about on another part of the forum....

you guys have seriously flipped!

november 1990, #k3-4603, bought new and sparkling white at Rudy's, NY.
the canary yellow would definitely need a better picture to be looked upon. From the pic available, I'd say its has yellowed indeed, although less severely than mine had - or more nicely, to put it another way.

Axel: You have done the right thing. What's more, I am confident that you will strike a balance between the functional versus the aesthetic. Sticky is not a finish anyone would want to have. So what colour will it be then. I vote for Mapleglo.

I would love burgandy but it really wouldn't fit with the black bindings. Mapleglo, yep - as my 620...
Thanks also for the title of the first post which I borrowed from you. To make it a bit more coherent with the mumble-jumble I added, and since tomorrow never knows, I should have written 'end in the and' (but it would get slightly cryptic, wouldn't it?)
axel

And here it is :

- strange feeling to have a brand new guitar which you've played for more than ten years...
It resonates more it seems, but this could be the novelty excitement only (and ultra nitpicking.)
The pic don't really show the nice wood but it's there.
BTW, if you ever need to have one of yours refinished -and if you can handle the time-without-it factor- go see someone who KNOWS these guitars, just to avoid unpleasant surprises (I've just discovered a couple more - only æsthetic though but, still..)

This one was originally covered opaque not because of the wood but because the neck slot on the body was a bit too large so there is a little strip of clear-colored filler around the neck's sides...
-nothing which prevents from playing and enjoying more and more these instruments !
axel

a little closer :

Congratulations Axel. Quite the transformation.

Axel, That's a beauty! The black parts and natural finish make a very elegant guitar.

thanks for the kind words.

It reminds me that some old RIC catalog showed a white 360 with black bindings and guards but with chrome hardwaRe, pup covers etc. Looks great on the catalog - don't know if they ever assembled any that way.

I thought of getting a chrome R tail but all my friends said naaaaah -yes they did- and they're probably right...
Black trim is really cool I believe but for the pup&bridge covers which, when black, sort of deaden the looks - 'Bright Eyes' as Peter would say
(thanks Peter: I just discovered the page you made with earlier pics of my ricks)