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  1. marksound
    You can get the same effect with a decent OD pedal, keeping the guitar volume rolled back until solo time. You'll have to experiment a bit to get a nice balance between the rhythm and lead, but it's doable. With the MDX you have to turn a knob anyway ... That's a great way to describe the difference. Good job. +1. Use real bent steel saddles to get that vintage tone. A genuine bone nut will help too. One more thing: Clapton uses the middle pickup a lot.
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    Just a suggestion for future reference: When something is so out of the ordinary that someone with your years of experience has to go to an internet forum for help, please provide pictures. It will help us help you.
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    In my opinion, sawing the neck off of a 25 year old guitar that has some future vintage potential is not a very good idea. Early 80s Artists in good condition are currently selling for around their original sticker price. As more and more Gibsons and Fenders become priced out of reach, the average buyer will look to other brands for vintage appeal and affordability. If you don't like playing it, put it back in the case and build (or buy) something else. Just my opinion.
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    I'm behind Perry 100% on this one. It's way too easy these days to fake a vintage piece, and we shouldn't go anywhere near putting up the appearance of approval.
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    The skyrocketing vintage guitar market has created a flood of fakes and forgeries, especially on ebay. A lot of people can spot a fake a mile away, but many many more couldn't tell a bogus "vintage" guitar if you beat them over the head with it. This has been discussed many times before.
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    Looks ok to me.
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    What you do is, you get yourself a beaver and turn that little sucker loose. When he finds the guitar he will chew that bad boy up and when he's done, there you are.
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    There's a topic on another forum almost exactly like this, except it's a 67 Tele. The advice given there was to check out USACG, especially the Web Specials page. Those are apparently very close to vintage Fender (which I understand varied from year to year, and even body to body). There are some premade bodies there, but if you contact Tommy he will make whatever it is you need. You'll probably save money too.
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    I don't know about anyone else, but my high E is .010". Just sayin'.
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    Jehle built a purple guitar a while back. Check out the color. Oddboy
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    I will revise my difference of opinion to concur and align with your difference of opinion. What I intended to say was that the Bondo should be shaped (such as with a surform) before fully cured. However, my revision and subsequent concurrence and alignment does not include the last statement regarding following the manufacturer's instructions. Man.
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    Difference of opinion here. In my experience (and from watching and talking to panel beaters for years), Bondo should be sanded before it completely hardens. It's designed to be worked to its final shape while it's still relatively soft. Fully cured it's hard as a rock. Follow the directions on the can and you're fine.
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    Try Lee Valley or LMI.
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    Maybe he's into Alfred Hitchcock?
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    Check out Tonerider pickups. One of the members here (rjhalsey) is a dealer. He'll treat you right.
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    It will work, but it will spread the spacing 1/16" over the scale length. May or may not be noticeable. For a drop in replacement, you can use a Squier (cast saddles) or MIM Strat (stamped saddles) unit. The spacing may not be exactly 2 1/16", but it's closer than 2 1/8". If you want to upgrade, Callaham makes a block and saddles for the MIM base plate. I put a guitar together from 112 & various other parts for my nephew a few years ago before I really knew much about what I was doing. It turned out great, and he played the hell out of it. Good luck.
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    DB2 has been touring with Clapton for a few years now. Did you know that Derek Trucks was also on this tour (most of it anyway)? Hoo boy, that was a show. It was almost like a Derek and the Dominos reunion.
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    Let's see now, $500 deposit ... Yup, that's officially 1,487,532 items on my list of things I can't afford.
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    What?
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    Not only in Texas, my friend ...
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    Hyunsu, glad to see you here again. I hope your daughter and the rest of your family is well. We've missed your guitars. It may sound strange, but I've always felt your posts had a calming effect on me. Almost like reading a haiku with a waterfall in the background. You're a very talented builder and we need your influence here. Welcome back.
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    Psssst ... this thread is 2 1/2 years old ...
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    I voted for Verhoeven's bass. Don't know why, really. I'd rather have seen a warmer finish, like Tru Oil maybe, but still. I like it.
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    You owe me a new keyboard, I just spit my drink all over it. :D He wrote that over a year ago. Possum hasn't been around in quite a while.
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    Mother of Toilet (Seat) vs. Mother of Pearl. MOT is called MOTO by Fender; also known as Mother of Luncheonette. The first time I saw the reference was in Guitar Player magazine in the 80s in the column Cheap Thrills and Pawnshop Prizes by Teisco Del Rey.
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