1968 Stratocaster - resurrection
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Re: 1968 Stratocaster - resurrection
After about a million years I got all the paint and FP off, and started to fill...and fill...and fill....
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Re: 1968 Stratocaster - resurrection
Filling done, time for sealer coats - not here, next photos.
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Re: 1968 Stratocaster - resurrection
Sealer
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Re: 1968 Stratocaster - resurrection
Colour time (4-5 coats), then clear (some amber x 4, the next 4 clear)
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Re: 1968 Stratocaster - resurrection
Polishing, by hand, for my sins in every previous life ever.
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Re: 1968 Stratocaster - resurrection
Oh yeah, did the neck. It had been refretted many times. I left any marks or nicks etc in there as a testament to this being a well played, great sounding guitar.
The tang is almost into the maple due to the radius.
The tang is almost into the maple due to the radius.
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Re: 1968 Stratocaster - resurrection
That's an incredible transformation. I once refinished a CS Strat that'd been painted thick white (still soft) over a custom Clapton finish, over the original LPB. I thought that was a lot of work.
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What?!! Can't you see the difference?!
Yeah...debatable, but I'm a nerd for correctness. Black light will look more "correct", but otherwise imperceptible.
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Paint removal was heat gun, chemical, physical and a ton of mental.
I have a small collection of tools to scrape and shift paint away from the wood as it loosens.
Sand paper started at around 220 and ended up at 400/600, before sealer. After 4 coats of sealer (in my case, just nitro), knock back w 600 grit. Start spraying colour.
I have a small collection of tools to scrape and shift paint away from the wood as it loosens.
Sand paper started at around 220 and ended up at 400/600, before sealer. After 4 coats of sealer (in my case, just nitro), knock back w 600 grit. Start spraying colour.
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Cheers - agree. White is easier...not even joking.
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Re: 1968 Stratocaster - resurrection
Wow, great work!
They keep telling me tone is in the fingers, but I have yet to see a "look at my fingers" thread.
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Re: 1968 Stratocaster - resurrection
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