dusty fretz wrote:
Ray, to play safe I strongly suggest using your original scratchplate to construct a suitable template for Eddie Cross. Bill says Eddie already has one, but there were numerous variations on the shape (surprise, surprise!) and of course yours is off one of the earliest examples of this Burns six-string, so chances are it differs in various important little places.
Huge cosine- the upper bout is longer on Ray's than Bills for a start.
I wouldn't bother Eddie Cross with this tbh- it's just 3mm 'ivory' acrylic, seems a bit of overkill to pay someone else to do it if you're at all handy- as you seem to be Ray.
RE: sourcing the stuff- I've definitely had it off Ebay in the past, but can't remember who off! The last batch I got was a little transparent, so I can definitely state that 'trent plastics' haven't got the right material.
RE: The crazed finish, regardless of what the advertising material of the time said, I'd bet it was originally finished in nitro, not polyester. Not that it matters too much if you're after the uncrazed look of course, but thought I'd mention it...As it happens I'm rebuilding one of these early ones myself at the moment and I'm going to be finishing it with nitro, then hitting it with compressed air to get the cracks on purpose!