The Great PRS Swap-a-roo

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:17 pm

I will now turn a quilt-top PRS Custom 24... into a flame-top Singlecut.

KA-ZAM!

crunchy as kellogs · Post by **crunchy as kellogs** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:57 pm

looks real familiar

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:02 pm

Wonder why?

crunchy as kellogs · Post by **crunchy as kellogs** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:06 pm

you know that feeling you just cant put a finger on. lol

btw the CU24 and me are getting along way too well, just loving it.

hope you are having same with the singlecut

DaNextSlash · Post by **DaNextSlash** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:32 pm

Your not a very good magician Ed....its stayed the same colour

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:41 pm

Hey it was hard enough to change the shape

Yup I'm loving it. Suits me way better than the Cu-24 did. Hardware is a bit tarnished though - can someone recommend what to clean it with?

ash · Post by **ash** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:09 pm

Thats a decent way to celebrate your impending 5000th post, Ed. Nice.

Not much will clean the tarnished nickel. Just polish it off. Brasso, silvo or autosol. Carefully!

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:23 pm

Ah an astute observation... I hadn't noticed.

5000!

Coinciding with the 5 year birthday of the forum, that puts me at around 1000 posts per annum

So, brasso... will it need a soak the next time I restring? Or is it okay to go at it carefully with a toothbrush or somesuch?

ash · Post by **ash** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:02 pm

No soaking. Just a rag, a dab of brasso and some rubbing. Brasso is abrasive. Its going to abrade the nickel oxides on the surface revealing the shiny nickel. Do it too much and you'll reveal the copper and aluminium under the nickel.

Erosion-corrosion. Don't be its next victim.

Ironbird13 · Post by **Ironbird13** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:09 pm

back in my days of kitset models i used toothpaste as a cut and polish on the paint, not as abrasive as brasso/autosol etc

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:19 pm

ash wrote:No soaking. Just a rag, a dab of brasso and some rubbing. Brasso is abrasive. Its going to abrade the nickel oxides on the surface revealing the shiny nickel. Do it too much and you'll reveal the copper and aluminium under the nickel.

Erosion-corrosion. Don't be its next victim.

Cool, cheers

I'll give it a go when I have time.

Ironbird13 · Post by **Ironbird13** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:23 pm

ash wrote:Do it too much and you'll reveal the copper and aluminium under the nickel.

you could make it match the "Nailbomb" covers

Basket Case · Post by **Basket Case** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:36 pm

Very nice, Ed!

rocklander · Post by **rocklander** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:24 am

I don't get it.. what shape change? are all 4 pics not of the same guitar?

crunchy as kellogs · Post by **crunchy as kellogs** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:37 am

rocklander wrote: I don't get it.. what shape change? are all 4 pics not of the same guitar?

read the title of the post

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