I bought this from SidVicious here on BC and have spent a pretty penny on it to get it back to life, I seem to be falling into a pattern of restoring Precisions
It came to me in this condition,
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but had previously been in this condition,
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It apparently was originally natural, then sprayed black then stripped and partially filled/sanded by Sid.
It took a huge amount of prep from Genius Dave Wilson, filling, sanding re profiling of edges, and stripping out the neck pocket to get new paint in without over tightening the joint (which is now perfectly tight).
Primed
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Colour coat (Olympic White with Yellowed Lacquer)
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Test fit by Dave
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Final assembly by me last night,
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It sounds fantastic, big deep and tight, but it is a hefty lump of Ash
It needs a new CTS circuit that I may put in but as per the last 4 I may just sell it on and start on the next project.