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Old 12-24-2008, 01:45 PM
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Default Does Big Baby headstock look bad?

[IMG][/IMG]Ive got a beater big baby I like to play around with...always hated the peghead plastic look....I put sapele veneer on it, so now it has no name....do you think it looks worst...

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Old 12-24-2008, 01:50 PM
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I don't think the original looks bad. I prefer a black headstock, and if it can't be ebony, might as well be black.
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Old 12-24-2008, 01:52 PM
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Heres a better shot....
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Old 12-24-2008, 01:55 PM
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interesting looking...
im not sure if i care for it too much. but to each his own.

What saddle are you using on that?????? graphite?
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yea, its the tusq stringsaver black saddle. frank
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Old 12-24-2008, 02:44 PM
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i like it

the ebonoid buttons & graphite nut/saddle
give it bit more uniqueness as well

great job frank
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you know... the more i look at it, the more i like it.

I really do like the black buttons.
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Old 12-24-2008, 03:07 PM
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Actually those tuners are the old style grover tuners (came off my 314) that I put on the big baby,,,,and those are small ebony buttons I had laying around that fit them great...dont remember what I had those buttons for, done most of the things to this big baby out of my "junk" box although I wouldnt classify the stuff in that box as junk...that fishman rare earth active pickup by the way sounds really...really good on that guitar, much better than the guitar I originally bought it for. frank
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I like!
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Old 12-24-2008, 10:45 PM
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It looks great.
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Old 12-25-2008, 04:20 AM
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That's nice work fchas.

I just added some chrome...
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