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Topic: Duplicates? |
Tyler Button
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Posted 27 Aug 2021 12:12 pm |
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Do "small press" guitar builders duplicate finishes on their guitars? I'm only asking because on a Duane Marrs memorial facebook page it shows him playing this:
Which looks an awful lot like this guitar I purchased a bit ago on this forum
Is that the same guitar or would Marrs have built a few with this same finish? |
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Ron Pruter
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Arizona, USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2021 6:49 pm
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Looks like yours but I see a few differences.
1) Yours neck on the changer end has sharp corners.
2) The wraparound part of the end plate on the changer end,
wraps around farther and corners look rounded.
3) The Star that comes down from the word Marrs on his
guitar, has a hollow center.
BTW, How do you like your Marrs? Do they have a 3/3
changer? RP
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Tyler Button
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2021 8:21 pm
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| Ron Pruter wrote: |
Looks like yours but I see a few differences.
1) Yours neck on the changer end has sharp corners.
2) The wraparound part of the end plate on the changer end,
wraps around farther and corners look rounded.
3) The Star that comes down from the word Marrs on his
guitar, has a hollow center.
BTW, How do you like your Marrs? Do they have a 3/3
changer? RP |
It IS a 3/3 changer. And I love it.
I was originally frustrated because I couldn’t get her to tune in any playable way whatsoever. But I discovered “Overtuning†and once I reset everything and got myself out of that cycle it’s been smooth as butter. |
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Ian Rae
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Redditch, England
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Posted 28 Aug 2021 12:01 am
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I associate that finish with the Marrs brand.
Where there other colours?
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Tyler Button
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2021 5:07 am
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| Ian Rae wrote: |
I associate that finish with the Marrs brand.
Where there other colours? |
Google search doesn’t bring many examples up. But searching the forum For Sale section I haven’t seen another Marrs like it. |
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Jon Light
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 28 Aug 2021 5:26 am
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This was on my bench 6 months ago.
I'm guessing that allowing for different lighting, this is the same color.
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John Swain
From:
Winchester, Va
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Posted 28 Aug 2021 5:41 am
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| FWIW, a sheet of mica covers a lot of guitars. I drop-shipped a special order 4'× 8' sheet of Wilsonart to Carter Guitars in 2002. At the St Louis Show, there was a demo made out of "my" mica ! |
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Tyler Button
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2021 5:48 am
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| Jon Light wrote: |
This was on my bench 6 months ago.
I'm guessing that allowing for different lighting, this is the same color.
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At the risk of being pedantic I don’t think they’re the same color at all. But I’’m sure the last thing this forum needs is debates over color mirroring those of tone/pickups/amps |
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Jon Light
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 28 Aug 2021 5:55 am
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| Since you have your guitar there and can view it in any & all lighting conditions, you have the authority on this question. I stand corrected. |
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James Sission
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Sugar Land,Texas USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2021 6:14 am
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| Ian Rae wrote: |
I associate that finish with the Marrs brand.
Where there other colours? |
Yes. There's a black one in the for sale section.
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 28 Aug 2021 2:38 pm
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There ya go. 10% of sheep are black.
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Make sleeping dogs tell the truth!
Homebuilt keyless U12 7x5, Excel keyless U12 8x8, Williams keyless U12 7x8, Telonics rack and 15" cabs |
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