I’d make it mechanically and electronically as pristine as possible to bone stock so as to further wear it out playing/gigging whilst leaving it as nasty as possible
Stay away from low number sections in RF grandstands or suffer yee sore neck for days.
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Tix might be tight suggest you buy now
A nearly $2k guitar shouldn’t need a pro setup (actually shouldn’t need anything) but a nice fretboard soaking, fret polish and setup and likely some nut work so the G string don’t go wonky and that’d likely be a outstanding guitar. You should politely suggest a tech visit to your friend if he’s...
I like it. A lot of parts would have to go in the case and be replaced with vintage correct (the entire bridge assy looks unplayable)
Visually it’s fabulous. It far from original and I’d need to make it less original to gig. So at 8k I’d have to hard pass.
Good luck, thx for the pics!
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I cooked a BD2 like that and sold it on cL as doa in 5 minutes for $10
Methinks you need a new one. Fwiw my TS9 (old) goes for weeks on a 9v I’d never use a power supply. No need.
YMMV I guess…
WhiskeyJim on eBay seriously ridiculously good. His 62 rig with the 7 way switch is magnificent
I’ve had em all I was stunned at the performance and quality workmanship
Under $100 ( yep crazy)...
Re read original post. With a $5k budget a good guitar safari will be epic. Wish I could come along. Play H535’s and ES335/345 etc until you find your special friend, you’ll know when you find it.
Jelly, nothing beats a guitar safari!!!