The bridge was missing, and I didn't have any extra strings to test the sound out; but I did plug it in -- everything works.
I loved the green finish that was on the guitar, but I hated it mixed with the black. I've never liked those kinds of sunbursts. I stripped all of the paint off, which turned out to be really difficult. I couldn't use a heat gun like I had used on my Jagmaster project, so I used Zip-Strip paint stripper in an aerosol can -- this stuff is truly brutal. I hope I never have to use anything like that again. The paint on the front of the body was super thick -- I must have used half of the can just on that.
Because I liked the original green, and part of me felt bad for removing it, I did keep the powder that was left after removing the paint. I am going to sprinkle it on parts of the body.
This particular petrified look is going to be based around a few different examples that I really like -- they are rare pieces because they include chromium, which gives the pieces a mint colour. I'm going to merge these examples.
This is a very rough/awful drawing of what it will look like (before I decided to use green wood) -- I'm just going to heavily improvise this one:
The front of the body will be flat "white/blue white" -- the same colour I used for the prehistoric Mustang. The rest, including the fretboard will be petrified wood. I am either going to move the inlays to the top of the fretboard, or not have any at all. The hardware will be copper, as will the body binding. I am not yet sure about the pickguard. I might make one out of wood and paint it the same colour as the body. I would like to use copper but it did not look right in any of the drawings that I did. I'm trying to decide if I want to keep the original headstock badge on there, and just copper leaf it, or make an entirely new one. I kind of like the idea of continuing to acknowledge that this is a Teisco.
I will post pictures of the progress.
