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Now that's a relic job!
« on: August 20, 2016, 05:11:23 AM »
Interesting.

http://m.ebay.com/itm/272346170893?ul_ref=http%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F0%2Fe11021.m43.l3160%2F7%3Feuid%3D069353f7a1e946ba8670b59d32db98e8%26bu%3D43187549187%26loc%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fcgi.ebay.com%252Fws%252FeBayISAPI.dll%253FViewItem%2526item%253D272346170893%26exe%3D14596%26ext%3D37381%26es%3D0%26nqc%3DEgAABgARAAACACAACgAAAAMAAQAAAIAAAAAABAQAAAAAQAAACACgAQAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAABAAAQAAAAACEIAAzgAAEAACAAgAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAQgAAAIAAABAACAAIAAgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAg*%26nqt%3DEgAABgARAAACACAACgAAAAMAAQAAAIAAAAAABAQAAAAAQAAACACgAUAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAABAAAQACAAACEIAAzgAAEAACAAgAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAQgAAAIABABgACAAIAAgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAg*%26ec%3D1%26sojTags%3Des%3Des%2Cnqc%3Dnqc%2Cnqt%3Dnqt%2Cec%3Dec%2Cexe%3Dexe%2Cext%3Dext%2Cbu%3Dbu%26srcrot%3De11021.m43.l3160%26rvr_id%3D0&_mwBanner=1
Model One and Schallers?  Ish.

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Re: Now that's a relic job!
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2016, 07:08:35 AM »
If you're a lefty and can do all the work yourself and you put zero value on your labor, it might be worth the opening bid.  :)

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Re: Now that's a relic job!
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2016, 01:57:41 PM »
... for firewood...? :mrgreen:
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Re: Now that's a relic job!
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2016, 07:44:59 AM »
At what point does a "relic job" become plain old butchering I wonder?

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Re: Now that's a relic job!
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2016, 08:39:55 AM »
A work of ignorance. Homeboy wanted a bass with a fretless neck above the 12th fret without realising the work involved or the fundamentals of such a design in the first place. Looks like they did such a bad job of refitting the nut that they decided to make it Gibson-style by chopping off rosewood for a wider nut to sit on. Nothing 'relic' about it, just wasteful and misjudged hackjob luthiery.

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Re: Now that's a relic job!
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2016, 01:22:46 PM »
Is that lacquered rosewood?  Never seen that before...

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Re: Now that's a relic job!
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2016, 08:40:23 PM »
Sold for $30 plus $15 shipping. Way too much IMHO.

Is that lacquered rosewood?  Never seen that before...

It does look like there's some kind of finish on it. Judging from the back of the neck, I wouldn't be surprised if it's some kind of wipe-on gel varnish.

Most Rics have gloss finished rosewood boards, but it's a hard surface conversion varnish, not lacquer.