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Lovely colour - that's going to look great. It really looks like there's a load of striping on the sanded bit of yours - almost like the previous finish was hiding it a bit?
I've been talking to Rich the past couple of days about mine - he's a fantastic guy, had loads of conversations as we've gone along, and the work / tweaking of the burst he's done has been way beyond my expectations.
I've got pictures of mine now the burst is finished, but going to wait till it's buffed before posting any more. It looks awesome though 😁
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Just ordered a set of beautiful Waverly tuners for my PRS Custom 22 restoration project. I've been sitting on this for years at this stage as I'd been reluctant to bite the bullet on the cost of refinishing a set neck guitar but I'm finally getting on with it!
I'm having the same chap who's doing @christianSpaceman Les Paul do the refinish (incidentally far more affordable than I was expecting). We got off to a rocky start when I wanted the guitar refinished with either a solid shell pink or oxblood top and he stopped replying to me because it was a crime against flamed maple 😂
I managed to patch things up and I've settled on a dark rootbeer stain for the top which will actually be lovely!
Something like this...
I'm going to revert to the original pickups and get a wiring harness built by Gunstreet Wiring, I could do it myself but I feel like a few tasty bits will be an investment on this should I decide to sell it.
I'm quite looking forward to it now. I haven't played this guitar in over five years now, just been sitting half stripped in a case for all that time so it's going to be nice to have it back to it's former glory!
(Better than it's former glory actually, I bought the guitar with my savings from my summer job when I was sixteen. The day I went into the store, wad of cash onboard, I actually went in to buy a tobacco sunburst McCarty that they'd had in stock for over a year and I had absolutely lusted after... I shit you not, some fucker walked passed me with it as I walked into the store. I couldn't believe it. Sold! I tried this Custom 22 instead and its actually had a tiny chip on the lower horn, about half a pinky nail size at most, and the chaps in the shop knocked €1000 off the price because of it! So... it's never been in perfect condition in my ownership of it!)