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Yes, I'm aware of the many repairs it has had. I just don't think I ever noticed the black line so prominent.
(After the fire poker incident in November 1985, Bill's F5 received a major repair and its second facelift (new head stock overlay). The first facelift happened before the fall of 1980. (BTW none of these facelifts resembled the original for some reason.) That post 1980 facelifted F5 is pictured on the cover of the Master of Bluegrass record:
Apparently, at that time, Bill's F5 was in need for a neck reset – which Bill never allowed. Was the instrument opened at some earlier point and equipped with different binding?
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