Latest Green machine update - I got my SUPER SECRET part today! Ready???

What's up guys?

So as most of you should know by now I've been working on fixing my Green buddy for some time now. I've been replacing one thing at a time as I save up money. The biggest news lately is that (due to tons of bro-help) I finally got the thing wired up, and it sounds pretty doggone good now.

So all last week, I was watching an auction on eBay for the one part that will make this the single coolest guitar, ever (at least the coolest guitar I own, besides my Gibson :laugh2: ). No but seriously, this super secret part really is that awesome (at least in my opinion). It is going to make this guitar really really amazing, twice as cool as it ever was (and I like to thing it's a pretty doggone spiffy guitar - even if that's just paternal pride!).

So it came in the mail today! And it's installed now! And I can just feel the tension in the room, waiting for me to unveil it! Well, you'll have to wait a little while longer. I'm going to let the tension build and build until I just can't take it anymore!

But believe me, this thing is cool! :D

Thanks to everyone by the way, you all have seriously (and I mean this) been an enormous help, and I wouldn't have changed a single thing if it weren't for you guys.

Edit: I'm going to include some of the pics right here, so that people coming in can see the progress, more pics on pages 2 and 3. It's an all original 1959 Bigsby, in near perfect shape!

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Just to give any new people an idea, this is what my buddy looked like when I bought it, before I did anything:

Notice the rust, the lack of pots, etc. There was also 40 year old tape all over the back, which I had to remove. I spent the first week just cleaning this poor guy up, and getting all the old electronics out.
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Is this the part that is Made in Canada?

Dave
 
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Nope! These pups are staying for a while.

I'm super serial (South Park reference)! This part will be the defining part. Someone may guess what it is, but they won't guess the cool part (I know that).

Only one person on the boards knows what it is.
 
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Tortoise pickgaurd?
 
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lol Nice!

Actually the pickguard may well be the last thing I buy. It's the thing I'm most on the fence about (whether or not to have one, if I do should I get clear - ala Gretsch - or white, and if so then what shape).
 
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I'll give a hint:

This part is something that is rare. Not so much the actual part, but the circumstances around the part...
 
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No, that's next week. Getting a roller bridge - chrome, with rosewood base. This:

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Truss rod cover?.... custom made or original/vintage
(does it have one?...can't remember)
 
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black cat bone? mojo?
 
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I have officially lost interest ;).
 
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Harsh guys!!! Lost interest!? Oof, that hurts! :) Pics are coming, soon-ish.

A sticker??? If I ever put a sticker on a guitar, I give permission to anyone who wants to to come kick my ass.

Has a Truss Rod Cover. Not gettng that customized.

It's a part that many guitars have, and that is not custom. But this version of that part is extremely rare.
 
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This better be worth the wait !!!

To me, this will be the defining part of the guitar. To me, this part is even cooler than the AWESOME Green finish (or if not cooler, equally as cool).
 
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It better be something super awesome to warrent 18 posts without telling us what it is, like a flamethrower or something.
 
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whatever this part is, is getting lamer by the second.
 
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