Texas07R8
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Well guys, you've got me drinking the damn aged parts kool-aid now with all those hot looking Historics with the vintage parts added.
I recently purchased a few items for the R8, I got a set of the aged M69 Rings, I got the cheap ones but I tell you they look pretty damn good. These were Montreuse rings, I think they were $130 a set. Also got the aged coarse knurled pokerchip nut and aged pickguard bracket (Vintage Clone).
Then I ordered an aged ABR bridge (wireless) with posts and wheels, really looks slick, very authentic. It's a Fatboy I believe and I got a thinner and aged pokerchip ring with a very nice tip that looks correct and an aged jackplate hardware set, the aged screws and a washer and nut too. I didn't get the jackplate itself in but I have one on order and I need to order a pickguard.
I'm probably not going to do the TRC, but I may end up adding some aged tuner tips. I think that'll make her about as vintage as I can get. Oh yea, I did get a set or two of aged knobs, they look WAY better than the Historics, they have that soft edge on the top and although they are not dead on accurate as far as the height of the internal splined shaft hole they do look correct upside down and when you look at them anywhere except dead on sideways and you can see the post a little higher than it should be above the gold paint. They were cheap, like $12 bucks a set or something. Good enough for me. A good friend had given me a set of aged volume and tone pointers so they're on there too.
Those OTP PAF's that I won here on the Reeves charity raffle started it all and I really like the look. Funny, my wife and probably most other people would never notice the changes I made.
OK, here's a few pics:
I recently purchased a few items for the R8, I got a set of the aged M69 Rings, I got the cheap ones but I tell you they look pretty damn good. These were Montreuse rings, I think they were $130 a set. Also got the aged coarse knurled pokerchip nut and aged pickguard bracket (Vintage Clone).
Then I ordered an aged ABR bridge (wireless) with posts and wheels, really looks slick, very authentic. It's a Fatboy I believe and I got a thinner and aged pokerchip ring with a very nice tip that looks correct and an aged jackplate hardware set, the aged screws and a washer and nut too. I didn't get the jackplate itself in but I have one on order and I need to order a pickguard.
I'm probably not going to do the TRC, but I may end up adding some aged tuner tips. I think that'll make her about as vintage as I can get. Oh yea, I did get a set or two of aged knobs, they look WAY better than the Historics, they have that soft edge on the top and although they are not dead on accurate as far as the height of the internal splined shaft hole they do look correct upside down and when you look at them anywhere except dead on sideways and you can see the post a little higher than it should be above the gold paint. They were cheap, like $12 bucks a set or something. Good enough for me. A good friend had given me a set of aged volume and tone pointers so they're on there too.
Those OTP PAF's that I won here on the Reeves charity raffle started it all and I really like the look. Funny, my wife and probably most other people would never notice the changes I made.
OK, here's a few pics:
