Udonitron
Well-known member
Hello guys,
1st post and nice to be here. As per the requests of the guys over at MLP Forums, I have joined here to show pics of my newly arrived but mystery/unknown 1982 Burny Super Grade curled/Birdseye Maple topped sweetness lol. They suggested posting this here as well for you all to look and possibly shed some light on identification.
Now on the base of the neck, under the nitro, there was a 90, 120, and 150 written but they were all crossed out. Above (or below depending on how you look at it) all those crossed out numbers is what looks to be "240" and the nitro from the factory is over top of these markings...it has runs over top and is thick. It does not look written in and finished over afterward, it looks factory to me.
There are no braided pup wires but they are black instead of the gray Nil's info mentions. It is a 2 piece back but man...the mahogany neck and back is AMAZING! The wood has an almost 3D/DOF effect to it and is just gorgeous! It looks like it has never been played (no fret wear, scrapes, etc) and the quilted/curled Birdseye maple top is solid and not veneered like the 50's and 90's are reported to be. The "Super Grade" script on the headstock has been done in a nice deep metallic gold fleck-ish paint and it also has a 3D effect to it (was that normal for these '82's as my 1986 black one that arrived last week is just a gold color, no fleck to it).
Also, I just decided to take out the bridge pup and found a weird factory placed letter and number. It shows Z64? Any ideas on that? It was done at the factory as you can see it was stained and nitro'ed over top of the piece of (what looks to be) tape or paper?
Here is the album of all the shots I have taken thus far of it and they are all full framed full res 5D shot glory for you to zoom in on to get more details. If you need anymore shots just let me know guys. Thank so much for your thoughts and opinions on this amazing guitar.
http://img196.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=031lv.jpg
1st post and nice to be here. As per the requests of the guys over at MLP Forums, I have joined here to show pics of my newly arrived but mystery/unknown 1982 Burny Super Grade curled/Birdseye Maple topped sweetness lol. They suggested posting this here as well for you all to look and possibly shed some light on identification.
Now on the base of the neck, under the nitro, there was a 90, 120, and 150 written but they were all crossed out. Above (or below depending on how you look at it) all those crossed out numbers is what looks to be "240" and the nitro from the factory is over top of these markings...it has runs over top and is thick. It does not look written in and finished over afterward, it looks factory to me.
There are no braided pup wires but they are black instead of the gray Nil's info mentions. It is a 2 piece back but man...the mahogany neck and back is AMAZING! The wood has an almost 3D/DOF effect to it and is just gorgeous! It looks like it has never been played (no fret wear, scrapes, etc) and the quilted/curled Birdseye maple top is solid and not veneered like the 50's and 90's are reported to be. The "Super Grade" script on the headstock has been done in a nice deep metallic gold fleck-ish paint and it also has a 3D effect to it (was that normal for these '82's as my 1986 black one that arrived last week is just a gold color, no fleck to it).
Also, I just decided to take out the bridge pup and found a weird factory placed letter and number. It shows Z64? Any ideas on that? It was done at the factory as you can see it was stained and nitro'ed over top of the piece of (what looks to be) tape or paper?
Here is the album of all the shots I have taken thus far of it and they are all full framed full res 5D shot glory for you to zoom in on to get more details. If you need anymore shots just let me know guys. Thank so much for your thoughts and opinions on this amazing guitar.
http://img196.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=031lv.jpg