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Old Crow
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by Old Crow » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:46 pm
Almost finished stripping a thick white finish off a 63 J.M. and discovered it's MAHOGANY
Looks like it was originally painted Dakota red directly over the yellow stain, but the guy I got it from said it was orig. Olympic white. So I guess the red didn't look right and they went with Oly wh.
I'm wondering what I should do...leave it as is for awhile, paint it Dakota red, or Oly ??
What do you guys think.
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ugly casanova
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by ugly casanova » Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:33 pm
accually i dont believe they were ever made of that wood..
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Old Crow
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by Old Crow » Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:55 pm
During 63 and 64 Fender did make some mahogany bodies. I had a 63 mah. Strat. and now I have a 63 mah. J.M.
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lscott
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by lscott » Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:47 pm
I'd say "as is" just because it's so rare.
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by øøøøøøø » Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:00 pm
leave it.
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by RumorsOFsurF » Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:01 pm
You have the coolest username.
(My last name is Crow, BTW. )
Damn kids, get off my lawn!
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Old Crow
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by Old Crow » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:14 pm
Thanks guys...keep the suggestions rolling in.
Of course my camera crapped out and has to go for warrany repairs, just when I'm starting this
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by fuzzking » Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:18 pm
Old Crow wrote:
During 63 and 64 Fender did make some mahogany bodies.
they did ?
we really need pics, otherwise we can't decide for you
and: welcome!!!
Nobody exists on purpose.
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benecol
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by benecol » Fri Aug 01, 2008 3:22 am
I've got a lawsuit 70's tele that I stripped only to find that it had a mahogany body - it's a 72 custom, so it sounds pretty great - nice with the humbucker and spiky with the tele bridge.
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kle
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by kle » Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:04 am
POO BROWN!
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by berlinbetty » Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:10 am
Wow! Lucky you stumbling onto all these mahogany Fenders...
One more guitar, then I'll practice!
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by jetset » Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:43 am
Jim's Guitars, a local dealer, had a mahog JM a while back, it was stolen during a break in.
If you are "almost finished stripping the finish" I'd re-spray it in red.
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I can't hear the forest for all the falling trees.
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Old Crow
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by Old Crow » Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:38 pm
Buddy came over today, but forgot his camera...bottom line is , he is an expert on wood and I feel like a complete moron. It's alder
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by mraphro » Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:04 pm
that was fun while it lasted haha
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by djetz » Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:13 pm
Fender certainly did make a number of models in mahogany during the early 60s. Mustangs, for instance, were ALL either mahogany or poplar. Other models, including Strats and Jazzmasters, occasionally used pine, poplar, or mahogany as a body wood, and on a few known examples, hickory instead of maple for necks.
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