Recent content by Nortonridge

It's not a Warwick. Home/shop made sounds right.

Acrylic base coat and clear on 80s Fenders doesn't tint like nitro, and is very UV stable so it doesn't age or yellow like nitro either. I recently refurbed a 73 Oly white Jazz with clear coat for a friend. It looked cream colored but after I went over it lightly with 1500 wet and dry and...

Olympic white doesn't fade like the metallic colours. A genuine factory Olympic White is stark white and is not cleared because Fender found that the clear gave them a yellow tint from new. They painted the white base coat on thick and polished that. Most people prefer the tinted look but it's...

I'm getting a replacement Italian celluloid tort guard for a 62 P made by Tony Dudzik at pickguardian. It's 4 ply tort mint and black not tort white black like the original, but I don't care. He was recommended by some wise old luthiers I know and I saw a sample. About $90US. I believe Tony...

By the way regarding the serial number. I should have mentioned that it is not impossible for a 61 plate to end up on a 60 body if it hit the production line late in 60 or the original body was a reject. Fender were very sloppy with a lot of their production in the area. A P Bass plate could...