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Post subject: Vintage ash tray cover vs. new replacements
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 10:09 am
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:? I just bought a 78 JBass that`s all original but missing the bridge cover, so on eBay I bought a 70`s era cover and also a new replacement. They are identical except for a few scuffs on the older one. My question is how do you tell original parts from modern replacements? (You can buy an "original" cover for $300, or an artificially aged one for $40 or a new one for $20).


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Post subject: Re: Vintage ash tray cover vs. new replacements
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 10:26 am
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I bought "new" pickup covers and bridge covers from from Musicians Friend for my Precision and Jazz. The bridge covers and Precision pickup cover were solid and substantial, supposedly they were all identical to the originals.

The Jazz pickup cover was flimsy, it wasn't as sturdy as the others. They all look good. Guess it's your decision as to what you want. Any decision you make will be the right one as long as you're happy with it.

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Post subject: Re: Vintage ash tray cover vs. new replacements
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 10:35 am
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The thing is, it seems like you could just buy a new cover for $20, rough it up a little and sell it for $200 on eBay. The older one I bought was only $35 so no big deal but if I was going to spend big bucks for an original part I`d be kind of concerned.


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Post subject: Re: Vintage ash tray cover vs. new replacements
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:59 pm
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It would take an artist or someone who knows the exact process to relic a cover so that you could not tell it was faked. I would imagine there are ways to tell but you would have to do "side by side" comparisons I'm sure. Buyer beware. To do the relic it's a lot more than roughing it up to make it look old. The Smithsonian had a documentary once where they showed how they aged metal airplane parts ( very similar to guitar parts) and they used a mixture of basic salts and oils and various learned ingredients and put a bag of this stuff in a tumbler with the parts. That was just one step they used to age the airplane parts. It was an involved thing. I guess Fender may have similar methods. Photo etching acid can also be used to age metal parts. It's not real easy to do and make the parts look authentically old. It takes practice and the etching acid would not be all that easy to come by. I think it's pretty cool the way those guys ( Fender Fakers) can relic guitars.


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