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Old April 27th, 2008, 04:56 PM   #61 (permalink)
jwells393
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what can a pro restorer do to the guitar that I can’t do myself?
I think that would depend on your woodworking skills and what tools you have. If it were mine I would definitely do it myself. If your painting skills aren't up to par you could send it to someone after the wood restoration was done.

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Can I do enough to it to seriously degrade its value more than what it is now?
Only if you saw it in half.

Worst case senario you have an exact '66 body duplicate made. Note the word exact. Then have it painted just like they did then ...... same width paint stick. Relic it a bit. Can you see where I'm going with this? If you say it's been refinished, who's to say it's not the original body?
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