I would love to do a competition orange paint job, but I wanted to do this for my jazzmaster project and I had no luck finding a suitable orange colour that looked the part. If anybody has a paint brand suggestion for a good competion orange (has to be available for Canuckistan) then please let me know!
Otherwise, I'm seriously leaning towards Daphne Blue or Surf Green. Besides being some of my favourite Fender colours, both are available from Krylon (well, very close matches, anyway). This would mean that I'd have to get a pearl pickguard, because I don't think these would look good with the stock black.
Another option would be to do a red transparent finish, like what was seen on some of the Fenders of this era. However, I just don't know how feasible this would be, considering that I am living in a condo and my painting booth is actually my balcony. That means I'm limited to paint that come in rattle cans, and I can't use proper spraying equipment. Keeping my painting surface clean isn't that easy either, my balcony faces a busy street so there was always dust blowing onto my Jazzmaster body which really slowed me down as sanding the dirt off was an uphill battle. I wouldn't want to do a transparent finish if its going to have speck of dust and dirt in it. What other finishes would look good with the stock black pickguard?
Kinda like sonic blue, right?
Dakota red 'relic'd' tele
