I really hate to disagree with you, because I'm with you about not worrying about it, but you can seamlessly match the aged finish, just bring a sample to PPG.
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Seen a lotta folks claim they color match. Haven't seen a lotta folks do it as well as they say they can. No matter. I'm guessin' Kat will know if she can or not...
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My vote is Yes. Yes. That’s my vote
There's already one non matched filled hole on the neck heel. I'll leave it for now.
I 100% agree, that if I were Kat, I wouldn't go through the trouble or cost to paint match it. But my dad's been painting cars since the 80's, he's confident that PPG's colour match will match the aged tint, he wanted to use it to fix up a spot on our original paint 1957 VW Bug. I ended up talking him out of it because I think it'll take away from the character of the car. But I have seen cars that people used their paint to match, usually on a car that the fender or door was damaged, and it is undetectable.
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Even if it’s slightly mismatched, it’ll be so tiny no one would ever notice...well, Vince would, but...
OOOOooohhh... hell yeah! I'm sure an automotive type place would (as long as you're willing to pay for it
). I was imagining a place like a Home Depot or some such a thing, where they actually have a clearance/discount shelf full of custom ordered colors for sale that didn't match the customer's needs...You can see where someone already filled a hole kinda in the region of the neck heel. I wouldn't even attempt to colour match. Plain white filler would do the job.
Fvck no! I'm talking real paint, like the kind used on cars and guitars!OOOOooohhh... hell yeah! I'm sure an automotive type place would (as long as you're willing to pay for it
I believe that is normal for these amps, at least mine is like that as well, and my tech just gave it a clean bill of health.
Agreed, it can be done.
Worst case scenario, it's a closer match then it is now.
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I figured as much, but I hope it can be modded. Not a fan of that layout. Honestly, I’m hoping the tech finds something ‘wrong’ with the amp. As it is, it just breaks up way too easily
I hear Thunderfunk are good amps. Not tube. But..........
Do the best you can. No one will notice with those red circles there anyway.
They do break up easily, but it is still capable of clean. Hopefully it's something as simple as new power tubes and bias, or maybe some preamp tube rolling. The tone controls are passsive-cut only, so they take some tweaking. I usually dime the bass control and play with the mid and high. Traynor doesn't publish the frequencies, but the mid freq seems pretty high, so adjusting it can tame some of the inherent brightness in addition to the treble control. Hope he gets you sorted quickly.
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Thanks! I’ll know soon!
