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SeanS

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NBDay, 72 Jetglo.
« on: February 01, 2011, 01:32:44 PM »
Well here it is, sorry about the phone pictures, bought it last week on the spur of the moment. I have always wanted a Jetglo and also one from 72 ish still having all the nice finishing touches, so seeing it I kind of just paid the man. After a complete strip down and clean it's come up really well, body has some buckle scratches and some paint wear through, but amazingly there are no ding's, neck is straight and true, the inlays are great, the frets on the A string are quite worn. Brightwork is fantastic except the bridge which is loosing it's chrome. The electrics look pretty much stock, but for the missing .0047.
     One thing I have found, is, that it has no 'Skunk stripe', looking at other early 72's even before mine (may 72) they had them, perhaps they just used up the older bodys for the solid colours and the Mapleglo's got the new.

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Re: NBDay, 72 Jetglo.
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2011, 01:42:57 PM »
Nice! I'm thinking about a refin for my MG '73 sometimes. I like JG a lot.
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Re: NBDay, 72 Jetglo.
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2011, 11:57:49 PM »
Congrats! Checkerboard looks especially nice on Jetglo. How is the neck/truss rods?
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Re: NBDay, 72 Jetglo.
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2011, 01:35:52 AM »
Truss rods are fine and don't look like they've been adjusted, they are canting back a little, but not too much. I don't think I've played one this thin before I've strung it up with 40-95's to be safe and it plays better than my 79 except for the A string. I really need to look into having a refret, any suggested Ric Luthiers over in the UK?.
    Any ideas on where to get an Aerovox .0047 cap, I would like to put this back in. And should the bridge pup be 12.5k or has someone rewound it, I'm thinking as the power is down even now on this pup that they have added more coils to bring the output up, when really it just needed a more powerful magnet or the original re magnetizing, any ideas.

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Re: NBDay, 72 Jetglo.
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2011, 12:02:15 PM »
Looks beautiful, Congrats!
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Re: NBDay, 72 Jetglo.
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2011, 03:20:08 PM »
 That bass is the bomb ! Checkerboard binding and crushed inlays droooooooooooooooooooool.
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Re: NBDay, 72 Jetglo.
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2011, 10:29:29 PM »
Thats all i use on my old ricks and all my basses for that matter.40-95 ernie ball extra slinkys.The finest low tension roundwound made.
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Re: NBDay, 72 Jetglo.
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2011, 09:13:18 AM »
 ;D, Walnut wings too, yee haa.