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07-01-2015, 04:25 PM
Deet. It works.
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07-02-2015, 06:09 PM
Anyone have a decent photo of an original finish 20 standard? The web seems to have few photos, and I'm not sure if any show the original finish as described by a post in another forum.  Also, the escutcheon, does it attach with brads, or screws? Thanks.
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07-03-2015, 11:08 AM
The escutcheon attached with screws on mine. Don't think my finish is original.

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07-04-2015, 06:20 PM
I do not have a before picture of my 20 but here is an after shot. Bright outside sunlight. Indoor will vary.

Some reflections look like light spots.


   

   
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07-04-2015, 07:21 PM
Now that is the best refinish job I've ever seen on a 20. Icon_thumbup Too many people redo them in a single (monotone) color, and do not bother with the shading around the front panel and on the edges of the top/sides.
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07-04-2015, 09:30 PM
Thanks Ron. It looks better indoors but I always photograph them on "Radio Rock".
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07-04-2015, 10:41 PM
(07-04-2015, 07:21 PM)Ron Ramirez Wrote:  Now that is the best refinish job I've ever seen on a 20. Icon_thumbup .......

That is a beautiful refinish!
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07-05-2015, 12:19 AM
Very nice!
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07-05-2015, 08:47 AM
Thanks for the photo. That radio is beautiful. Maybe I can get mine looking that good someday as I work thru my "to do" list. 
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07-07-2015, 06:51 AM
Very nice radio indeed! Love the refinish on the radio!
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07-12-2015, 08:13 PM
Hay Groundhog74, your ID picture for this web site, is that you sticking a kitchen knife in the wall socket? Icon_shh Icon_shh Icon_shh Icon_shh Icon_shh Icon_shh . What in the world were you thinking junior Icon_think Icon_think Icon_think Icon_think Icon_think Icon_think
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07-14-2015, 04:12 PM
Not me, just a photo I found. But I did have a similar introduction to the magic of electricity as a kid. 
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07-14-2015, 05:07 PM
I did not, but I plugged something in that blew up. I was 9 or 10.
Luckily my parents weren't at home, and I knew how to fix a fuse, and nothing burned, so they never found out.
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