Smelly old 57 Supro...
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Smelly old 57 Supro...
Have done a bit of work on this today, have been spraying while the weathers good, have just used a very thin smattering of wimbledon white and a few layers of poly lacquer. At the moment I want to get her back together so I can give her what for.... in the future I'll probably refinish in nitro. But the priority for me was to get rid of the sparkley purple shite and get her back to white
New tuners and incorrect but good looking logo. Made the scratchplate riser but its not quite right, will refine/make a better one But you get the idea! It should stand off the actual pickguard by an 1/8th of an inch or so
and a reminder...
New tuners and incorrect but good looking logo. Made the scratchplate riser but its not quite right, will refine/make a better one But you get the idea! It should stand off the actual pickguard by an 1/8th of an inch or so
and a reminder...
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Re: Smelly old 57 Supro...
Dibs
Great job
Great job
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Re: Smelly old 57 Supro...
so... I was just going to give it a trial run. Of course now the riser is sorted and she has strings on too lol I'll take some better pics tomorrow.
I'd love to pinstripe the guard, riser and headstock as per original finish, just not sure how I can achieve it without a lot of masking...
I'd love to pinstripe the guard, riser and headstock as per original finish, just not sure how I can achieve it without a lot of masking...
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Re: Smelly old 57 Supro...
Nope, perfect intonation its staggered and you just slide it to intonate. Way better than a teles original barrel intonationFrey wrote:Hard to do the intonation with that old wooden thing?
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Re: Smelly old 57 Supro...
you'd easily be able to do the pin striping on the pickguard with signwriters film. You'd get an offcut free and it'd look really good too.
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Re: Smelly old 57 Supro...
looking good...
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Re: Smelly old 57 Supro...
Or take it to an old school signwriter or hotrod painter who can do it for you, just takes a steady hand, a good brush, and years of practice
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define easily? sounds like a steady hand with a scalpel....AiRdAd wrote:you'd easily be able to do the pin striping on the pickguard with signwriters film. You'd get an offcut free and it'd look really good too.
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Re: Smelly old 57 Supro...
yeap - just get a scalpel or one of those stanley knives and a ruler.Bg wrote:define easily? sounds like a steady hand with a scalpel....AiRdAd wrote:you'd easily be able to do the pin striping on the pickguard with signwriters film. You'd get an offcut free and it'd look really good too.
have you got a pic of what you're aiming for?
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yeah the ruler thing isn't going to help much
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Re: Smelly old 57 Supro...
It would be a bit of a mission, but totally doable. Maybe not worth the effort though. How about using car pinstripes?
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