West R Lee
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cuthbert said:West R Lee said:Well thank you sir, she is a beaut, and I thank Graham for that one. I just bought my second sunburst guitar, she'll be here this week, I'll post some shots for you. Pretty similar to what you've got there. A maple cutaway, but a thin body electric acoustic. Not sure why I bought it yet, other than it's a prototype "Classic" according to Mr. Moust. It's the prototype of the "Excellence". We'll see, I've never been an electric guy.
And yours is even more gorgeous now that you've posted detailed pictures....beautiful maple!
West
Is it the prototype with the F serial number that was discussed on this board?I wanted to take it, but it was a thinline, while I was looking for a full size acoustic guitar, yet, the maple neck was beautiful. To be honest, I thought to refinish the guitar in antique burst, but I don't know if it would be considered an improvement or a crime...anyway today I installed the optional pickguard, the instrument looks more guildish with this accessory, what I really don't like are the open tuners, I think that I'll swap them for the Imperials, most definitely.
Here there's the guitar with the pickguard, slightly different shape than the one on the traditional F-47.
Yes sir, that's the one. I'm not sure I'll care for the thinline myself, we'll see. If not, a very inique electric/acoustic may be for sale here. It was just a beautiful and fairly rare guitar, so I thought I'd give her a shot.
I think just about any refinish job would sort of be frowned upon by most of the membership here. I think the general concensus here is that it detracts from the value.
West