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Still no idea what this has to do with the World Rally Championship.
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GrantB wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 4:04 pm

You didn't happen to have scribbled the serial down way back then did ya? If the neck was massive, it was likely one of these LE's.
Worked out it would've been about 1989. I'd have been 24 and probably traded it for something even more pointy. I recall the serial number was in gold lettering rather than pressed into the wood. That bit seems stuck in my mind. I'm sure that's right. Neck was huge.

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jeremyb wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:02 pm Still no idea what this has to do with the World Rally Championship.
I’ve forgotten what silly reference I was making.
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GrantB wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 7:35 pm
jeremyb wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:02 pm Still no idea what this has to do with the World Rally Championship.
I’ve forgotten what silly reference I was making.
White Robbers' Cocks?
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GrantB wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 7:35 pm
jeremyb wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:02 pm Still no idea what this has to do with the World Rally Championship.
I’ve forgotten what silly reference I was making.
Oh, yeah...Wow Rare Collectable

But the cock thing sounds better.
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A bit of that 65 SG Standard toanz. Not really a structured thing, messy and timing is poo, but eh, you get the idea.

With the fingers the SG can be biting, or soulful, even sombre. When you hit it real with a pick it does compress and the midrange and uppers tend to bloom. All the electrics on this are original. The pickups are an uncommonly hot T-Top @ 7.9-8k in the neck (didn't have a cover), and around 8.2k in the bridge...and with it's never-removed worn cover which is unlikely to be chrome, I wonder whether it's a pre - T. I've not seen a T above 7.8K before so this thing is a little unusual.

Through the baby Supro (8" speaker).

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GrantB wrote: Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:45 am A bit of that 65 SG Standard toanz. Not really a structured thing, messy and timing is poo, but eh, you get the idea.

With the fingers the SG can be biting, or soulful, even sombre. When you hit it real with a pick it does compress and the midrange and uppers tend to bloom. All the electrics on this are original. The pickups are an uncommonly hot T-Top @ 7.9-8k in the neck (didn't have a cover), and around 8.2k in the bridge...and with it's never-removed worn cover which is unlikely to be chrome, I wonder whether it's a pre - T. I've not seen a T above 7.8K before so this thing is a little unusual.

Through the baby Supro (8" speaker).

https://i.imgur.com/TxWpLwR.jpg

That sounds bloody great. And '65 is my birth year so, obviously, dibs! ;-)

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GrantB wrote: Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:45 am A bit of that 65 SG Standard toanz. Not really a structured thing, messy and timing is poo, but eh, you get the idea.

With the fingers the SG can be biting, or soulful, even sombre. When you hit it real with a pick it does compress and the midrange and uppers tend to bloom. All the electrics on this are original. The pickups are an uncommonly hot T-Top @ 7.9-8k in the neck (didn't have a cover), and around 8.2k in the bridge...and with it's never-removed worn cover which is unlikely to be chrome, I wonder whether it's a pre - T. I've not seen a T above 7.8K before so this thing is a little unusual.

Through the baby Supro (8" speaker).

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Ya know, I'd happily watch a video of you showing us what's in those cases behind you. :wink:

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GrantB wrote: Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:45 am A bit of that 65 SG Standard toanz. Not really a structured thing, messy and timing is poo, but eh, you get the idea.

With the fingers the SG can be biting, or soulful, even sombre. When you hit it real with a pick it does compress and the midrange and uppers tend to bloom. All the electrics on this are original. The pickups are an uncommonly hot T-Top @ 7.9-8k in the neck (didn't have a cover), and around 8.2k in the bridge...and with it's never-removed worn cover which is unlikely to be chrome, I wonder whether it's a pre - T. I've not seen a T above 7.8K before so this thing is a little unusual.

Through the baby Supro (8" speaker).

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Pre coffee...hence the brain farts.

That guitar is living proof that (very) broken guitars can sound and play great.
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GrantB wrote: Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:45 am A bit of that 65 SG Standard toanz. Not really a structured thing, messy and timing is poo, but eh, you get the idea.
I watched that then went out for lunch with it firmly lodged in my ear. Nothing poo about it.

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GrantB wrote: Wed Aug 11, 2021 2:34 pm Pre coffee...hence the brain farts.

That guitar is living proof that (very) broken guitars can sound and play great.
Is there a thread somewhere that tells its story?

It sounds great.

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olegmcnoleg wrote: Wed Aug 11, 2021 2:57 pm
GrantB wrote: Wed Aug 11, 2021 2:34 pm Pre coffee...hence the brain farts.

That guitar is living proof that (very) broken guitars can sound and play great.
Is there a thread somewhere that tells its story?

It sounds great.
We lost the photos! I'll post some tonight.

https://www.nzguitars.com/forum/viewtop ... matchstick
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Oh the horror...

I remember the seller saying "the head stock repair is stable"...ah, no, if the guitar cannot stay in tune because the head stock is bending forward, it is not stable. I purchase this guitar, and about a month later a 100% original '64 with nickle hardware came up and the seller was prepared to ship to NZ...twice the price, but super super cheap by today's standards. A clean '64 now is circa $20k+. I think it went for $7K NZD?

Anyway, I had great fun doing this one up and it didn't owe me too much in the end. I'll post some photo's of its private parts as they look today.
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As it looks today. Ash helped me with a veneer on the back of the headstock to provide more strength. He is a clever man. Neck was splined, the heel I rebuilt a whole new insert for the body...but I left the cracked cavity (made solid)...no need to repair that, and it looks gnarly.
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