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 Post subject: Re: Neckthruuuuus
PostPosted: Mon 02 May 2011 12:00 PM 
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Do you reckon your VA912 is the same colour as Don's new VA900??


Yes! Think it's the second 900 colour. Maybe a lim.ed. colour, because most of the 900 guitars and basses we see here have the "harvestash" color.

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 Post subject: Re: Neckthruuuuus
PostPosted: Mon 02 May 2011 12:09 PM 
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Same color exist on the bass version. Here is one that I missed:

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And this one...
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Wasnt the headless x99-x neckthru as well?
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Yes!
I've checked GDK9's '84 catalog again:

2 neckthru guitars in "Hi-Tech Black" and "Pearl White":
.....99 X
.....99 TD-X (TD is for fine tune tremolo)

2 neckthru basses:
.....99 B X
.....99 B X HD (HD is for headless)

all 4 pretty rare, and from Vantage's mid-eighties "Heavy Metal Line". Not really my kind of beer though. :no:

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Oh, I forgot.

That's an absolutely stunning collection of neckhtru guitars you got there, Johann.
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Thanks!

On the pic of my collection the VA 900 is missing one knob, and the VA 900B is supplied with Jazz Bass knobs.
I took off one knob and gave it to a friend who made me some copies on his lathe.
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The knurling is not correct. He didn't have the tools for a 1 : 1 knurling (tools for the"original" kind of knurling are not available in Europe, he said).
Otherwise these are really nice brass knobs, and a perfect replacement for the Jazz Bass knobs on my VA 900B! :)

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