"Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"

[Squirrel]

^Agree. Altering a '60s guitar in the '70s is understandable, but if it was ruined recently it somehow makes it a thousand times worse. Especially when, judging by the description, the fucking thing didn't even need "restoring" in the first place. How much do you wanna bet the guy also has a 1957 Chevy which he restored in the '90s with massive panel gaps, a miles-thick paintjob and a Kenwood cassette player chopped into the dashboard? He takes it to classic car shows with a lawn chair and a home-made sign with disposeable camera photos of his car and the Wikipedia entry for "1957 Chevrolet" pinned to it.

[Mechanical Birds]

grandpa restores his fender XII
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fender-early-1 ... Swv6Fbr48B

In addition, while in the early stages of restoring the curved periphery of my guitar, I inadvertently caused a sanding fault
(visible in one photo, front lower-left body area) that I did not have the skill to repair. For this reason, I covered the sanding fault with a simulated abalone-inlay Flying Eagle decal, which depicts its princely flight from the dark of night, into the hot desert sun(burst), hunting for prey. ';-)

Doesn’t seem like a big deal? The guy put a sticker on it, who cares

[offsets4life]

^^
I may be over-reading that pic of the sunburst XII a little too much...

But it looks to me like whatever he used to mask up the edge of the red band pulled a strip of lacquer out of the finish on the front side.
Which his "eagle into sunrise" sticker job hasn't completely hidden.

And are my eyes going bad, or does that look like a squared-off edge on the forearm chamfer at bottom left?

[leokula]

It's a shame it had to happen this way but this might have just given me a moment of realisation. The Jaguar's top horn does sort of follow the shape of the Jaguar car logo. Was Leo inspired, somehow?

That is definitely the case. Also with others like the Mustang, Cyclone, Toronado and Bronco. Except for the Bronco, all of them had some racing / car themes going on at some point.

[tribi9]

Well, the Ford Mustang obviously inspired the color scheme..

[aliendawg]

I think it belongs here

[cestlamort]

https://www.fender.com/articles/gear/co ... guar-strat

The good: looks like Fender had been reading OSG for model ideas.

The bad: they were reading this thread.

[aliendawg]

exactly... it looks too ugly.

But you know what? I think it looks kinda cool, like those soviet guitars. Plus the new functions are very useful and interesting. You can definetley get a lot of sound out of that guitar

[windmill]

If I see one I am going to buy it

Because there won't anything like it ever again in our lifetime.

[Stoopy]

That is definitely the case. Also with others like the Mustang, Cyclone, Toronado and Bronco. Except for the Bronco, all of them had some racing / car themes going on at some point.

Come to think of it, the Bronco name might easily fit into the racing / car theme as well, since Ford had their 4WD vehicle of that name that was quite popular for events like the Baja 500, etc. And it would also fit in with 2 of the other 3 names being Ford products (Mustang, Mercury Cyclone).

So.... was Leo maybe a "Ford Guy?"?

[offsets4life]

That is definitely the case. Also with others like the Mustang, Cyclone, Toronado and Bronco. Except for the Bronco, all of them had some racing / car themes going on at some point.

Come to think of it, the Bronco name might easily fit into the racing / car theme as well, since Ford had their 4WD vehicle of that name that was quite popular for events like the Baja 500, etc. And it would also fit in with 2 of the other 3 names being Ford products (Mustang, Mercury Cyclone).

So.... was Leo maybe a "Ford Guy?"?

Was "Cyclone" a guitar model in Leo's time?
Oldsmobile was a GM brand too...

[leokula]

Was "Cyclone" a guitar model in Leo's time?

Nope... '97.

[Stoopy]

Was "Cyclone" a guitar model in Leo's time?

Nope... '97.

Well so much for the car connection theory then... Merc Cyclones went out of production in the very early 70's. And were only in production for a yer or two while Leo was still around. To be fair they weren't terribly common and not what you'd first come to think of when it comes to musclecars.

[windmill]

The Cyclone was paired with the Toronado ( ie tornado) when it was released

An atomospheric theme

[offsets4life]

The Cyclone was paired with the Toronado ( ie tornado) when it was released

An atmospheric theme

Aaah, I had wondered what the connection was between those two models of guitar.
All good.