I was thinking a bit too much heat to soften the glue.
Hot mess mods
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GGJaguar
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Blow torches will do that.
Nuuska
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This one is actually quite interesting. Fretless 6-string electrig "double bass"
Looks like someone tilted the neck w shims to get higher angle to provide space for double bass bridge w transducer.
Naturally all that required butchering to get that humbucker close enough. Of course could've been executed nicer . . .
Wonder what the original instrument used to be.
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A trombone.
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One of those times where you really wish this was a Chibson!
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Why?
What does it matter whether this guitar started life as a genuine or counterfeit Gibson?
I believe it is important to remember that whoever did these modifications did them for their own benefit and enjoyment,
and while you or I may not agree with that person's motives, in the end, presumably they made them happy, and really is none of our concern.
RBSinTo
There's speculation that started life as a Mary Kaye Strat.This one might qualify as a hot mess if someone else had owned it:
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I'd be afraid of jamming my finger in between those knobs and getting it stuck.
Great googly-moogly!
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I keep thinking this thread is about me.
sailingshoes72
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Aha! The famous Alligator Stratocaster... said to be a gift from Graham Nash as a way to thank Jerry Garcia for playing on his album. This is the tone heard on Europe '72, played thru a Fender Twin Reverb. My favorite tone of all Garcia's guitars!This one might qualify as a hot mess if someone else had owned it:
sailingshoes72
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And it comes with a "Glass Display Case". Is that because nobody really wants to play it?Until it's time to sell ;[]
Also my favorite. He was playing it when I first saw the Dead live in March 1973. It had a grit that his later guitars did not have.
Looks like a Pachinko machine.
Great googly-moogly!
Until it's time to sell ;[]
That much money and no pick guard??
I don’t think so.
At least it's a 3-bolt strat. WTF is with the hack by the E tuner?
GGJaguar
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Cigarette holder?