Thanks again guys for all the compliments, I'm really enjoying everything about the way this mod came out.
More sustain than my three-point 'birds, although it is not anything really obvious, it's more of a feeling, the guitar "vibrates" more. Of course the whole thing is pretty subjective, it may all be in my head ( or that the string are four days fresher ) than my black "stock" Orv.
The gold knobs seem to be well ahead in the voting, at first I was not as taken by them as I thought I would be. They made the bass look like it was "trying too hard" to look vintage, but after living with them a few days it looks much more right to me.
Well now all I have to do is play it a lot, so it dosn't look like a brand new '63-'65 'bird, as nice as the paint job turned out, it screams refin...........
If I ever get my pickups back from Seymour Duncan it will be on to my next project, doing the Bi-centenial treatment to the black 'bird. I've got the guard, chrome bridge and handrest covers, chrome bridge, chrome p/u rings and correct pickup covers ( with S/Ds' '60s' style internals )............ can't wait.
Cheers All!
Scott
