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Ah thanks for the positive vibes! Yup. It was an interesting exercise to get it off and sorted..I ended up getting attached to the dirty old thing so put it back on 😀 It's with Andy Crockett right now, I did end up with a fret replacement in the end, he is going to get it nicely set up, looking forward to getting it back..

That's gonna look F.A.B... followed 🙂

Ooooh I diddnt know that. 810 for me not bad!

It's a great pedal, it took me a little while to tweak it to my liking, I think it could do with an input gain, however, I've got it in a signal chain, so it's probably me, which I need to get round to sorting. But yes, I like it.

Just purchased some, so will give it a try, good idea..

Ah cool, thanks for lending it out, Royal Mail delivered for a change then!! 😁

Well the 70's pickguard fell through as a possible scam, so still on the lookout! I'm on leave this week, so will drop it off to my usual luthier for a refret. Looking forward to the eventual outcome! 🙂

That might also be the bridge, it's alive its alive!!! 😅

Certainly worth a try in the meantime I reckon @Clarky, it's gonna come off anyway to sort the thumbrest holes

Yeah, I over bodged it with a sponge, after mulling over it, I'm gonna stick with black, but find something better..

I quite like the idea of a black one when I compared it to the relic'd tort as a colour scheme. Maybe just a shi!!y example of one? Although not completely sold. I used to be indecisive...😁

Just noticed the second to last image is a fantastic shot of the hercules stand foot 😁

Sorry all, been abit pre occupied, anyhoo, been progressing this in the background... 1. Tested and installed the originals electrics, pickups, pots, jack etc.. added a fresh earth 2. Stuck with the rabid bridge, it's grown on me (literally some sort of symbiote). 3. Neck back on, deep talking flats added. 4. Pickguard gate - I went with a roughed up black, the ply white is too white, any suggestions? I set the screws in as they were protruding a little too much. Amateur relic job, passable or nah? Honest opinions welcome, I won't cry. 5. Forgot to reinstall the thumb rest holes so need to do that, PG off again! Missing a PG screw as it snapped during Removal, it felt like it was glued in by the jack hole originally, probably over screwed in the past or something hence the bodge fix?! 6. @ossyrocks kindly lent me some of his body cleaner, ive given it a good go, but dunno if the old girl is for turning.. 😆 If anyone has a rusty PG screw available I'd love to snaffle it, same with any 'better' Pickguards 🙂.

Saw these on Facebook..

It literally has started a new pandemic 😆

That's a good idea actually!

It's pretty corroded underneath, but seems to be earthing OK. See how we go i guess.

Update: Soldered the electrics back together, going to plug it in and see what comes out once it's back together. Maybe nothing?! Kind of liking the bridge even though its like a rotting corpse. I do have another on the way..

I could have what's purported to be Kent's best sausage roll for £3.50. I'm going to stick with that I feel.

I think it could be quite fetching in black. Got a cheap one laying about... it would certainly solve the tort dilemma (or tortgate as I now call it), not into the idea spending hundreds on a spitfire one ATM... That said, the colour of the thumb rest suggests it may have been tort - similar to @wateroftyne colour.