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"There’s an interview with Angus’s guitar tech in which he tells the story of that guitar. Angus bought it around 1977 and it was walnut..."
"in the mid nineties I got to play this guitar, two thanksgivings in a roe (thru my girlfriend) spent time with the Allen bros (Getto..."
"I’m not saying It couldn’t yellow evenly. But it is more likely to have a more uneven patchy appearance within the finish. A subtle yellow..."
"I’m skeptical that Scotch was originally Olympic White. The coloring is too perfectly uniform. The edges should be lighter in color as the finish is..."
"most likely the pickup facing the wrong way is a bridge pickup repurposed for Keith’s neck"
"Brian and Bonesy: You are absolutly right about using Marshall gear on 8/24/91. I was so focused on Nirvans own stuff, that I forgot about..."
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