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which look?

covered
16 (69.6%)
open
5 (21.7%)
open with rings
2 (8.7%)
other
0 (0%)

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gwEm

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Re: putting my greco back together
« Reply #15 on: June 21, 2010, 12:08:23 PM »
going to have to say no to the covers and rings option i'm afraid - i don't think it works with the '67 V look.

thanks for all the ideas though - i'm still not certain here.
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you wouldn't use the meat knife on crusty bread but, equally, the serrated knife and straight edge knife aren't going to go through raw meat as quickly

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Re: putting my greco back together
« Reply #16 on: June 21, 2010, 10:17:03 PM »
Covered, black rings.




That looks familiar!  :lol:
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Re: putting my greco back together
« Reply #17 on: June 21, 2010, 11:56:52 PM »
I voted for the open look, but the point is: A5 mule and SM? they sounded awesome when I played them

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Re: putting my greco back together
« Reply #18 on: June 22, 2010, 12:01:52 AM »
its an a5 mule bridge and a normal a4 mule neck - good combo :)
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Re: putting my greco back together
« Reply #19 on: June 26, 2010, 03:38:57 PM »
went for the white open coils in the end.

the main reason was i fancied something different, i agree with everyone it looks a bit better with the covers on. the open white looks very early 80s modified - as fernando said in his post.

i took out the jap enclosed switch as well and replaced it with a nice switchcraft item. i've also lowered the stop tail right to the body - nice improvement in sustain! i'll wait to see if i get more string breakages
« Last Edit: June 26, 2010, 03:40:55 PM by gwEm »
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Re: putting my greco back together
« Reply #20 on: June 26, 2010, 03:43:48 PM »
Cool, where are pics of the finished job  :lol:

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Re: putting my greco back together
« Reply #21 on: June 26, 2010, 04:47:50 PM »
happy to oblige - heres the 3 Vs I've been working on lately.
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Re: putting my greco back together
« Reply #22 on: June 26, 2010, 04:59:56 PM »
OH YEAH¬ NIce collection.  8)

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Re: putting my greco back together
« Reply #23 on: June 26, 2010, 05:24:47 PM »
OH YEAH¬ NIce collection.  8)

thanks man!

thats about 1/4 of the Vs.. not sure how many I have now, but I think its 14.

in particular the AV Mule in the bridge of the Greco sounds spot on amazing.
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Re: putting my greco back together
« Reply #24 on: June 28, 2010, 02:54:23 AM »
OH YEAH¬ NIce collection.  8)
+1!

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Re: putting my greco back together
« Reply #25 on: October 25, 2010, 10:18:23 PM »
changed things around *again*.

the t-tops are in the greco, and the a5/4 mules are in the faded.

greco now looks like:
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Re: putting my greco back together
« Reply #26 on: October 25, 2010, 10:19:33 PM »
i've put the neck pickup in upside down deliberately. thought i'd experiment a bit. its definitely brightened things up a little. not that much though
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Re: putting my greco back together
« Reply #27 on: October 25, 2010, 10:34:52 PM »
Still not crazy about those Strat knobs on this particular guitar!
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Re: putting my greco back together
« Reply #28 on: October 25, 2010, 11:05:38 PM »
right!! you honestly think this is better?
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Re: putting my greco back together
« Reply #29 on: October 25, 2010, 11:18:32 PM »
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