Smelly old guitars

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Big question, do I refinish back to Olympic white from the iffy red sparkle or accept my inner glitterball
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Bg wrote:Big question, do I refinish back to Olympic white from the iffy red sparkle or accept my inner glitterball
Tough call, the original paint on the Dual tone models was really quite shoddy at best (I had a '58 which had the bevelled edges and slightly larger body shape, then they went to resoglass in the early '60s at which point it starts to look very different). Keep it as is I reckon.

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I'll live with it awhile and then decide, be nice back to white
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Sparkle! Glitter!

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Doesn't look good in the flesh :) might go sparkle white
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Bg wrote:Doesn't look good in the flesh :) might go sparkle white
So it's, "Here's my smelly 1957 Supro. It's buried under this 2016 paint."
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Bg wrote:Here you go
Was that photo taken in your "you're not sleeping with me in that state" room? I keep my gear in the same room here.
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Bg wrote:Here you go
Fark Beeg, that is a very cool ticket to the club! Even with a dodgy finish. I don't know much about them, but I love the look of those old Supros. There are similar small body models from National - Howlin' Wolf used one, which looks kind of insane given he was a fucking giant!

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Bg wrote:Doesn't look good in the flesh :) might go sparkle white
So it's, "Here's my smelly 1957 Supro. It's buried under this 2016 paint."
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Nah it was repainted some time ago, and the original case is smelly!
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GrantB wrote:
Bg wrote:Here you go
Was that photo taken in your "you're not sleeping with me in that state" room? I keep my gear in the same room here.
Nope,thats the auction pic, you can tell be looking at the traders name in the corner.... Red beers?
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Darth Sabbathi wrote:
Bg wrote:Here you go
Fark Beeg, that is a very cool ticket to the club! Even with a dodgy finish. I don't know much about them, but I love the look of those old Supros. There are similar small body models from National - Howlin' Wolf used one, which looks kind of insane given he was a fucking giant!

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Yeah one of the enticing features, awesome slide tone too!
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Oh wow, they do look nice in white, don't they?
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Yeah damn straight :)
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Darth Sabbathi wrote:Oh wow, they do look nice in white, don't they?
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My old one was identical, note the bevelled body edges and larger body than BG's one.

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