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Re: NGD... this is why my Tokai is FS

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MiniForklift wrote: Fri Feb 25, 2022 10:34 am
robthemac wrote: Fri Feb 25, 2022 10:32 am Is it a Cherry Burst of some description?
According to Gibson it’s a ‘Light Burst’
Weird. Looks like a dark cherry burst, but maybe that's just me.
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Re: NGD... this is why my Tokai is FS

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robthemac wrote: Fri Feb 25, 2022 10:43 am Weird. Looks like a dark cherry burst, but maybe that's just me.
No you’re right, agree with you there Rob
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Re: NGD... this is why my Tokai is FS

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Looks a bit like the heritage burst, similar to mine. Its darker when not in full sunlight.

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So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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Re: NGD... this is why my Tokai is FS

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MiniForklift wrote: Fri Feb 25, 2022 8:12 am I'll try to get a photo of the back later as even that's pretty :)
Quite hard to photograph the back, ended up taking it right out of the sunlight as there was too much glare and reflection
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Re: NGD... this is why my Tokai is FS

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Bg wrote: Fri Feb 25, 2022 11:39 am Looks a bit like the heritage burst, similar to mine. Its darker when not in full sunlight.
Not a million miles apart are they :)
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Is there's anyone in NZ that does the equivalent of what Historic Makeovers do? I'd love to have this guitar as my daily player but as it is right now it's a bit too new looking and unmarked. I'd quite like to have it 'aged' so that I'm less precious about it and I can just play the thing without fear of putting a mark on it

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Wouldn't be looking for anything too over the top, just something along the lines of that one above
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So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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Thanks, that's a close second behind me sending it to Denche
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MiniForklift wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 8:23 am Is there's anyone in NZ that does the equivalent of what Historic Makeovers do? I'd love to have this guitar as my daily player but as it is right now it's a bit too new looking and unmarked. I'd quite like to have it 'aged' so that I'm less precious about it and I can just play the thing without fear of putting a mark on it

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Wouldn't be looking for anything too over the top, just something along the lines of that one above
My personal view, just stop being precious, and play it. The above seems so bizarre to me - "I'm too scared to mark my guitar, so I'll pay $$ to someone else to mark it, so that I won't be too scared to mark it." Either way it's marked, but someone else has your cash!

(I do kinda get it, I recall the devastation of the first dent on my shiny SG. But a couple more dents later, I still love her.)

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HackSaw wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 8:49 am My personal view, just stop being precious, and play it. The above seems so bizarre to me - "I'm too scared to mark my guitar, so I'll pay $$ to someone else to mark it, so that I won't be too scared to mark it." Either way it's marked, but someone else has your cash!

(I do kinda get it, I recall the devastation of the first dent on my shiny SG. But a couple more dents later, I still love her.)
You’re right of course, I think it’s more like I have to decide between keeping it as a ‘case queen’ and just stow it away and play my others, or come to terms that it’s going to get marked, dinged etc and start playing it

There must be irony in that there’s a problem with it being too pristine haha
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Bg wrote: Fri Feb 25, 2022 11:39 am Looks a bit like the heritage burst, similar to mine. Its darker when not in full sunlight.

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Yeah it was the burst colour I was meaning
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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Just realised this one is a Standard Plus. Even in low light the top still pops
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If anyone is interested in this feel free to flick me a PM, either this one or the Tokai needs to go; would rather keep this one but selling the Tokai is surprisingly slow especially considering the recent interest and surge in Lester sales :crazy:
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