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MIM Tele pickup from the "Classic Reissue Series" - SOLD, thanks Reload in 5! Gibson 490 neck (A2) - SOLD White/black/white standard Tele pickguard routed for a humbucker in the neck - $16 Tortoise standard Tele pickguard routed for a humbucker in the neck - $16 (Plastic is still on both...

Ampeg VT-120 from the early 90's, I beleve. I haven't had the need for such a large amp for the past few years so it has gone unplayed. A friend and I will be working on a project soon and I'd like to fund a 30w or 50w amp purchase. It's an all-tube 6L6 amp, three channels (no footswitch, but...

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http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-SG-Standard_W0QQitemZ330126845940 Can you pick out what's wrong here?

Both are pretty much unused with plastic still on, cut for a humbucker in the neck. One is white/black/white One is tortoise $16 each, shipped.

I post about this product last night asking about its affect on nitrocellulose finishes. Thinking about it further, it seems like it would make a good fretboard conditioner as well. There is a link to the product specs. http://www.ecos.com/pages/furniture.html

I found THIS furniture polish under the counter at my house. It looks like it would be a really good, low-cost body polish. Ingredients are: water, olive oil, orange oil, and and emulsifier. NO PETROLEUM DISTILATES. Any foreseeable problems with a nitro finish?

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Maybe it's time to sell my Charvel brass hardtail bridge... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=019&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=290091910390

Someone on another board is selling thier aluminum necked Electrial 500. $1000 is a hell of a deal.

Apparently Gibson is not properly blowing out the wood chips when drilling weight-releif holes, leaving the occasional wood chip INSIDE. Damn, would I be pissed. Link

A Fender-fitting pickguard will fit on a Warmoth Tele body, right?

Stew-Mac has an article on aging nickel hardware (I know the topic has come up more than once here). Register for the Stew-Mac weekly newsletter. http://www.stewmac.com/newsletter

It looks like they don't sell CTS, so how are their regular pots? Also, I'm wiring up my Tele (eventually) for a single in the bridge and a hummer (Gibson 490r) in the neck. Is going with 500k vol/500k tone asking for blown eardrums? I'm not opposed to using my tone knob to mellow things out...