Should I return my 1961 Jazzmaster to it's original colour?

[s_mcsleazy]

ok. you've had a bad experience here. so let me ask a few questions.

1. do you like the guitar?
2. how much did you pay? that way you can maybe claw back some money for the market rate for a refin.
3. do you like the current refin?

honestly, it looks like a well done refin so i wouldn't bother returning it to it's original colour. if you like everything else about the guitar then it's no big deal.

[Parksie]

ok. you've had a bad experience here. so let me ask a few questions.

1. do you like the guitar?
2. how much did you pay? that way you can maybe claw back some money for the market rate for a refin.
3. do you like the current refin?

honestly, it looks like a well done refin so i wouldn't bother returning it to it's original colour. if you like everything else about the guitar then it's no big deal.

1. The guitar is an absolute dream. Still cant believe I own it. So i'm not interested in selling it
2. I'd rather not say what I paid for it but it was a fair price and I didn't pay over current market value
3. I do like the refinish and I also like the fact that it was refinished over 50 years ago by the original owner and it has a great back story and history, maybe one day down the road I may consider taking it back to the original colour i.e. Blonde but for now the Olympic White looks great so I'll keep it that way

[JSett]

ok. you've had a bad experience here. so let me ask a few questions.

1. do you like the guitar?
2. how much did you pay? that way you can maybe claw back some money for the market rate for a refin.
3. do you like the current refin?

honestly, it looks like a well done refin so i wouldn't bother returning it to it's original colour. if you like everything else about the guitar then it's no big deal.

1. The guitar is an absolute dream. Still cant believe I own it. So i'm not interested in selling it
2. I'd rather not say what I paid for it but it was a fair price and I didn't pay over current market value
3. I do like the refinish and I also like the fact that it was refinished over 50 years ago by the original owner and it has a great back story and history, maybe one day down the road I may consider taking it back to the original colour i.e. Blonde but for now the Olympic White looks great so I'll keep it that way

Wasn't it for sale for $350 AUS?

[Parksie]

ok. you've had a bad experience here. so let me ask a few questions.

1. do you like the guitar?
2. how much did you pay? that way you can maybe claw back some money for the market rate for a refin.
3. do you like the current refin?

honestly, it looks like a well done refin so i wouldn't bother returning it to it's original colour. if you like everything else about the guitar then it's no big deal.

1. The guitar is an absolute dream. Still cant believe I own it. So i'm not interested in selling it
2. I'd rather not say what I paid for it but it was a fair price and I didn't pay over current market value
3. I do like the refinish and I also like the fact that it was refinished over 50 years ago by the original owner and it has a great back story and history, maybe one day down the road I may consider taking it back to the original colour i.e. Blonde but for now the Olympic White looks great so I'll keep it that way

Wasn't it for sale for $350 AUS?

Yes

[JagChat]

Fair price

[Parksie]

Fair price

I didn't say I paid the original advertised price of $350.00.

[Paul-T]

My Jazzmaster was refinished around 1979. I know that because it was done right before I bought it.

It was Olympic White but I realised it ias an ash body. So I got it refinished back to blonde.

Yes it's worth it - as it's ash, it's indisputable you're returning it to original condition. My refin was expensive (Clive Brown, the best). but I'm confident I'd get more uplift in the price than I paid. Not that I'm selling it.

Sorry, my picture hosting has failed but the guitar is in my profile pic.

[Parksie]

Thanks Paul.

Sadly I cant really see much in your profile pic.

Can I ask what the refin actually cost?