I'd say you're looking at the Black Elephant Hyde or Black Mesa/Tarus.
The Tartan is only effective if you have found a wellspring of bagpipe sounds in your CS-80...
Pat
In a message dated 9/30/2004 1:00:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "David Rogoff" <
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>I'm starting to do the electronic repairs and refurbishing on my '80
>(replace CMOS chips, add bypass caps, etc). In addition, I am
>planning to replace the Tolex. It's not horrible, but it's not
>great, either. So, what color should I use?
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>I've found these two sites:
> http://www.vibroworld.com/parts/tech11.html
> http://www.mojotone.com/index.php?link=gcandt
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>Anyone have comments on these places or suggestions for others?
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>Which pattern matches the original best? Black Tolex/ASC02, Black
>ASC08, or Black Elephant Hyde ASC44? Is there a market for a purple
>CS-80 (ASC43)? How about a red one (ASC45) to match your Nord gear?
>Any '80s metal bands looking for a mint CS-80 in snakeskin (ASC34)?
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>I'll probably go with black, although the purple would look very
>cool. The strangest is the Tartan tolex on the second web site. I
>can't even picture it. If I am tempted to try it, I would ask that
>someone take the CS-80 away from me until I get better.
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