Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by higgsblossom » Tue Jul 03, 2018 4:23 am

Wow, that surf green guitar is beautiful, especially with the pickup cover and that headstock design!
"500€? That's the price of a J Mascis Jazzmaster!"
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by CROSS_guitars » Sat Jul 07, 2018 10:43 pm

Had a change of mind with the colour.
The surf green was a bit too much. So I went for something a bit more subtle.
Charcoal frost metallic.

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by pad » Sun Jul 08, 2018 2:32 am

that was a good decision ! :? :? :?
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by Rgand » Sun Jul 08, 2018 5:46 am

That charcoal frost really looks classy. Great choice.
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Post by rank » Sun Jul 08, 2018 10:28 am

That is beautiful.
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Post by Amon 7.L » Sun Jul 08, 2018 12:36 pm

This is pure class. Hands down. :w00t:
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by ThePearDream » Sun Jul 08, 2018 4:54 pm

This looks really good now. It seemed like the surf green was too distracting and I couldn't appreciate all of the great details. Sorry if I missed it earlier, but what do the switches do?
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Post by CROSS_guitars » Sun Jul 08, 2018 10:01 pm

Thank you all for your kind words.

The first switch is a coil split to turn the humbucker into a singlecoil.
The second switch is a bass cut, the same as in a Jaguar.
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Post by Zork » Wed Jul 11, 2018 12:51 pm

Best decision!
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Post by antisymmetric » Wed Jul 11, 2018 8:23 pm

Good call on the colour! 8)
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Post by CROSS_guitars » Wed Aug 01, 2018 9:34 pm

Some more pics.
It's wired and plays and sounds great.

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Post by epizootics » Wed Aug 01, 2018 9:53 pm

Really good call indeed :w00t:
This is my favorite detail here:

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It has something nautical about it...
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Post by CROSS_guitars » Wed Aug 01, 2018 9:57 pm

Ha, cheers.
"Nautical" might be a good name for the guitar.
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by higgsblossom » Wed Aug 01, 2018 10:29 pm

epizootics wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 01, 2018 9:53 pm
 It has something nautical about it...
It also has an "Italian" vibe to it, something like the Crucianelli, Eko etc. models from the 60s.
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by hpr_hpr » Thu Aug 02, 2018 11:50 am

epizootics wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 01, 2018 9:53 pm
 Really good call indeed :w00t:
This is my favorite detail here:

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It has something nautical about it...
I have to agree on the color, this is prettier . . . .

What's the side 'painted' with?
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