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Ready for wet-sanding and buffing. Default will be a factory, high gloss mirror finish, but if you want it and prefer an aged look or light relic you can specify that as I'm just waiting for some abrasives to arrive. Bear in mind as the final sanding and buffing is yet to be done it will look even better than this! Should be able to get it to you in time for Xmas. This is the lighter, vintage correct Burgundy Mist, not the darker, purple-toned paint that sometimes crops up.
Sherwood Green Strat body, USA 60s routs and contours, Alder - will check weigh today - £250 shipped in the UK.
Gorgeous... Proper vintage hue of Sherwood Green. So much flake in this one. Again, it is waiting to be wet sanded and buffed, so multiple the effect by 10 once that's done! Should be stunning.
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Probably won't be in the spraybooth much over the coming weeks although have a lot to wrap up.
Here's an odd couple I worked on yesterday... an aged Inca Silver Telecaster for a member here and a Shergold 6 string bass for someone at offsetguitars.com - in a rather bright Competition Orange alike...
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Will do BTW, love the orange - did a similar matte version on one of my recent builds.
Merry Christmas
and thanks @rze99! will be an update for you after between xmas and New year. Itching to get to the workshop again. Other things in the way this week.
Something a bit different from me - a couple of aged Teles. Both for sale at £230 shipped in the UK
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I'm talking MJT-level...
these two teles are done to my personal preference I guess - which is a pretty light relic i suppose.
But... relicing has become an art and a style in its own right now and my ultimate goal is customer satisfaction, so at the risk of sounding sleazy, I’ll go as far as anyone wants me to!
All of my bodies start out with the same level of intensive prep as if they were to sport a factory finish which I think helps keep them looking quite legit. Got to admit it’s sometimes pretty painful to put that first ding on them!
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I'm a big relic fan, but like a certain amount/location/overall look - I'm picky I guess !
For example, I can't stand what Suhr does as a relic, not my bag at all, there are others too I'm not so big a fan of...
So far, the MJT stuff is my fave - but with talent here in the UK and the poor £:$ plus import etc its a no-brainer. I'd be looking to put something together in the new year, I have a great builder to possibly do the work but need my hand held re compatible neck fit etc. Hopefully talk next year - keep up the great work & all the best with your new business...
Graeme
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I can't post links to my Reverb.com sales can I? More pics and details there... It's developing some really nice horizontal checking as I keep moving it from a very warm room to the shed. I don't like the compressed air can approach, doesn't look right to me. Looking forward to the supposed 'arctic' temps tonight... very hard to capture it in a picture though, especially out of natural light.
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www.rexterguitars.co.uk
I love ridding vintage guitars of horrible refins and giving them the finish they deserve, drop me a message if I can help you!
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And finished this basket case strat refin... well not exactly basket case, but it was a bit of a state when it came to me. Had to rebuild the horns pretty much as had been stripped with heat and a metal scraper and already had a tonne of battle scars. Now it's a cheap guitar with a very expensive looking paint job! Think the owner is going to be very happy.
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www.rexterguitars.co.uk
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Bandcamp
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Another busy few days of sanding and buffing this weekend (including your IBM strat @Flametop !!) before starting a big batch of refins and custom orders. Excited about the next lot of orders - it features a Shoreline Gold Jag, LPB Jag, JM & tele. LPB over sunburst Strat, Blonde Tele, aged Firemist Silver JM... lots of cool commissions. A lot of LPB this time...
At capacity until late March/early April by the looks of it. Wish I hadn't sliced my trigger finger wide open with a razor blade as soon as I got to the workshop this morning!
www.rexterguitars.co.uk
www.rexterguitars.co.uk
www.rexterguitars.co.uk
www.rexterguitars.co.uk
And if anyone is curious to see what's under the old Fender AVRI 'nitro' finish:
It's a 1-2mm thick layer of poly sealer - common knowledge now I guess, but still interesting to experience firsthand. It pretty much just lifted off this JM with a gentle heat. Far easier than using stripper in this case.
not long later:
No major prejudice against such sealer-primer layers - they are actually a real dream to paint over - but the guitar has shed a few MM and a fair few grammes since this afternoon!
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People genuinely believe they’re getting the real thing because that’s what the spec sheet said. False advertising much?!
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