Completely stuffed the paint job on my Telecaster, but maybe I should leave it that way?

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Completely stuffed the paint job on my Telecaster, but maybe I should leave it that way?

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Paint gun splatted crap out and completely ruined my first few coats, after sanding back to Matt finish and contemplating my options I decided I kinda liked it and could be a relic job!

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Post by olegmcnoleg »

Looks perfect to me. Teles need to look distressed., or they don't have any street cred. What pickups do you have in there?

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olegmcnoleg wrote:Looks perfect to me. Teles need to look distressed., or they don't have any street cred. What pickups do you have in there?
TV Jones Magantron and Supertron.
I'd still like to try some TV Jones Classics but I'll wait to find a S/H pair.

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Vote to leave as is.
Loving it so far

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I like it, another vote to leave it as it is.

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Nnnnnnope, that’s fuckin cool.
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Looks great to me.

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StratMatt wrote:Vote to leave as is.
This is the answer
"Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible god and destroys a visible nature. Unaware that this nature he's destroying is this god he's worshipping." - Hubert Reeves

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Re: Completely stuffed the paint job on my Telecaster, but maybe I should leave it that way?

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Looks pretty cool.
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Forum has spoken :cool:
werdna wrote:Well at least I can still make toast in the bath without anyone telling me it's unsafe.

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Looks superb
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Looks bloody good Reg. Keep it like that, has a story to it now as well ;-)

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So where is the stuff up exactly? I can only see awesome.
The older I get, the more disappointed in myself I become.

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went from this Image

To this
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And then binding done by Grant and now what you see here!
I’m still dispointed I haven’t managed a nice paint finish but I would have probably reliced it once finished anyway!

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Fuck yeah! Looks great!

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