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Just found a silverface Super Reverb that I NEED!! Selling off some things to raise the cash!

Fantastic LP, nitro , almost (apart from an inch) 1 piece body, all original, a few small marks on back, but excellent overall, great player/looker/sound, and nice and light. I have original scratchplate and will include with guitar. The marks on the top are just the flash.

?900 ONO + postage

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Nice guitar!
It looks like EG1000D but are you sure?
A EG1000 should have a polyester finish & SD APH pups, the EG700 a nitro finish & DRY pups.
 
jacco said:
Nice guitar!
It looks like EG1000D but are you sure?
A EG1000 should have a polyester finish & SD APH pups, the EG700 a nitro finish & DRY pups.
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They are SD APH-1's when I bought it the bases were shown in the ad. I thought the EG1000D was nitro?
 
JohnA said:
jacco said:
Nice guitar!
It looks like EG1000D but are you sure?
A EG1000 should have a polyester finish & SD APH pups, the EG700 a nitro finish & DRY pups.
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They are SD APH-1's when I bought it the bases were shown in the ad. I thought the EG1000D was nitro?
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Same here. Seems odd that a lower model would get the nitro finish but not the higher one?
 
JVsearch said:
JohnA said:
jacco said:
Nice guitar!
It looks like EG1000D but are you sure?
A EG1000 should have a polyester finish & SD APH pups, the EG700 a nitro finish & DRY pups.
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They are SD APH-1's when I bought it the bases were shown in the ad. I thought the EG1000D was nitro?
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Same here. Seems odd that a lower model would get the nitro finish but not the higher one?
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Yes, that would be logical. But the catalog clearly states that EG600 (plain top & screaming pup) & EG700 (flame top & dry pup) are nitro and EG1000 (flame top & SD pup) is poly.
They do the same thing with the SGs; ALL of them (SS600S, 600P2, 750, 900D with SDs & 1600) are poly except the SS600 with golden hardware which is nitro.
Maybe you should test for nitro?
 
Couple more shots 1 to show the shape of the frets, 2 the long tenon & SD APH pickups and 3 an area of the neck pocket tested for nitro using acetone on a bit of card and rubbed very lightly, you could feel the area tested was sticky afterwards.

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JohnA said:
...an area of the neck pocket tested for nitro using acetone on a bit of card and rubbed very lightly, you could feel the area tested was sticky afterwards.
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So it must definitely be nitro then?
 
JVsearch said:
JohnA said:
...an area of the neck pocket tested for nitro using acetone on a bit of card and rubbed very lightly, you could feel the area tested was sticky afterwards.
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So it must definitely be nitro then?
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Looks like it to me, we'll see if anyone else has any opinions.
 
That indicates nitro indeed, although done very cautious.. why don't you use a q-tip, dip it in the acetone & rub in the pup cav more vigorously to be absolutely sure?

The catalog says the EG1000D has polyester finish, and EG700 & 600 have a urethane finish. As I understand from a Japanese client urethane translates into nitro..
 
Didnt need to rub vigorously the finish went sticky as soon as the acetone touched it, I don't really want to rub a big hole in the finish
 
JohnA said:
Didnt need to rub vigorously the finish went sticky as soon as the acetone touched it, I don't really want to rub a big hole in the finish
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I thought you liked a natural finish? :wink:
 
jacco said:
JohnA said:
Didnt need to rub vigorously the finish went sticky as soon as the acetone touched it, I don't really want to rub a big hole in the finish
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I thought you liked a natural finish? :wink:
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I do but, I quite like my Greco as it is, a sonic blue respray might just knock a bit off it's value :wink: Wouldn't a sonic blue Les Paul look awful!!
 
JohnA said:
jacco said:
JohnA said:
Didnt need to rub vigorously the finish went sticky as soon as the acetone touched it, I don't really want to rub a big hole in the finish
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I thought you liked a natural finish? :wink:
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I do but, I quite like my Greco as it is, a sonic blue respray might just knock a bit off it's value :wink: Wouldn't a sonic blue Les Paul look awful!!
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Yes it would, surf green however..
 
JohnA said:
jacco said:
JohnA said:
Didnt need to rub vigorously the finish went sticky as soon as the acetone touched it, I don't really want to rub a big hole in the finish
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I thought you liked a natural finish? :wink:
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I do but, I quite like my Greco as it is, a sonic blue respray might just knock a bit off it's value :wink: Wouldn't a sonic blue Les Paul look awful!!
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Maybe not quite sonic blue but.........

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Tokai-Japan-Love-Rock-LP-Blue-Metallic-Top-M-head-/170538924585?pt=Guitar&hash=item27b4e97a29
 

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