Okay... I put it back together, mostly to check the neck set.
Luckily, because of the Intelligent Design, it went back together correctly.
So I put the old strings back on to check the action.
Once I had done that, I figured that I may as well put the preamp back in to use the tuna...
Then I decide to make a video.

So here is 8 minutes of me babbling and testing the guitar...

For those of you who are really bored.

Ballad of Big Red  (in the style of Big Bad John by Jimmy Dean)  

Well it was in November of Twenty-ten,

a day the OFC will remember when

Old Man Arthur grabbed his Elite T

took some Testor's red, and made history.

Big red,   Big rehhh… ed        

Big bad red

It was an Elite model Seventeen Seventy-eight

with a textured top they say sounded great

Coated with a finish, same as its back

a secret formula known as textured bowl black

Big red,     ummm hmmm

Now most Ts are black, tho there were a few

painted lusty red and some pewter too,

but Old Man Arthur thought his would look better

if it had a burst, that was a whole lot redder

Big red,   Big rehhh… ed        

Big bad red

So he took the Testor's and began to brush,

but it dried too fast and he had to rush.

Though he tried his best, the burst went bust,

his finish dreams had turned to dust.

Big red,     ummm hmmm

Well he posted pics on the OFC

for all us guitar nuts to see.

Got lots of comments from the crew,

most exclaimed "What did you do?!" 

Big red,   Big rehhh… ed        

Big bad red

Since then it's gotten lots of jokes

and Arthur's taken lots of pokes,

but as time has passed, ol' Art's red T

became an icon on the OFC

Big red,     ummm hmmm

Then Arthur changed his mind one day

and painted all that red away.

Five coats of black just to be sure

and now that icon is... no more.

Big red.

Well that's all there is, it's all been said

so ends this ballad of  Big  red.

Big red,   Big rehhh… ed        

Big bad red

 

"the burst went bust"

lmao